The Truist Center in Charlotte, North Carolina is a 47-story skyscraper along North Tryon Street that rises 201 meters in height. It opened on 14 November 2002 and is the 3rd-tallest building in Charlotte. The 32-story tower rests atop a 15-floor podium. Located within the podium is a three-story, trading floor designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and operated byBank of America. The building is currently owned by Truist Financial, who purchased the building in March 2020. The building's reverse floorplate design makes the upper floors average compared to an average of only for the lower floors. In the College Street lobby are brass railings designed by Edgar Brandt that were rescued from an Au Bon Marchedepartment store in Paris. The Truist Plaza, a 49 by 20m public plaza lined with restaurants, shops, and the Sonia and Isaac Luski Gallery, is located next to the main entrance off North Tryon Street. In front of the plaza is a glass and bronze sculpture crafted by Howard Ben Tre entitled the Castellan, which translates to "keeper of the castle." Within the lobby is Collaborate214, which is a coworking space introduced in October 2014. The building is located across the street from the Bank of America Corporate Center and 201 North Tryon.
History
The building was owned by Cousins Properties Incorporated, although Hearst Communications also had offices in the building. On 12 June 2019, it was announced that Truist Financial, a bank holding company to be formed from the merger of BB&T and SunTrust Banks, had selected Hearst Tower for its future new corporate headquarters. Truist will occupy in the tower and has an option to buy the tower from Cousins in the fourth quarter of 2019 for $455.5 million. On 14 August 2019, Hearst Communications announced it would move out of its namesake tower to offices near Ballantyne to make way for Truist. On December 11, 2019, Truist Financial announced it had officially exercised its option to purchase the building from Cousins Properties for $455.5 million and would rename the tower Truist Center. New signage will also be added to the building. The deal was completed March 31, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, further actions will be delayed.
