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777 Tower

777 Tower (originally known as Citicorp Center and also known as Pelli Tower) is a 221 m, 52-story high-rise office building designed by César Pelli located at 777 South Figueroa Street in the Financial District of Downtown Los Angeles, California.

Developed in 1991 by South Figueroa Plaza Associates as Citicorp Plaza,[6] the building spans approximately 1,025,000 sq ft (95,200 m2) and has a three-story Italian marble lobby. The exterior is clad with sculpted white metal and glass. The tower is adjacent to the FIGat7th shopping center, which opened in 1986 as "Seventh Market Place" and had two department stores: Bullock's and May Co. It was purchased from Maguire Properties by owner Brookfield Properties.[7][8][9]

The building's owner, Brookfield, defaulted on 777 Tower and the Gas Company Tower, also in Los Angeles, in 2023.[10]

A shot of the tower under construction can be seen looking from 12th street in the 1989 comedy Police Academy 6: City Under Siege. It also plays a role in the finale to the 2001 film Swordfish, where a Skyhook helicopter deposits a bus full of hostages on the helipad.

The ground breaking ceremony was on September 7, 1988.[11]

Tenants

Awards

  • 1993 LA Business Council Best High Rise Commercial Bldg
  • 1994 LA Business Council Beautification Award
  • 1996 Building Owners and Managers Association Building of the Year Award

Gallery

See also

  • List of tallest buildings in Los Angeles

External links

References

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  6. Citicorp Plaza's fifty-three-story 777 Tower, by Cesar Pelli and Associates, was completed on South Figueroa Street in Los Angeles in 1991. The building features a reflective white-metal skin and series of towers that seem to fold into one another, 04/07/05, LC-DIG-pplot-13725-01379 (Digital file from LC-HS503-502) Library of Congress^
  7. Leon Whiteson. Pelli Stretches His Skin to New Heights Los Angeles Times, April 8, 1990, retrieved 3 September 2010^
  8. Roger Vincent. New York firm soon to be downtown L.A.'s biggest landlord Los Angeles Times, April 26, 2013, retrieved 28 April 2013^
  9. John Gittelsohn. Brookfield Defaults on Two Los Angeles Office Towers Bloomberg, 2023-02-14, retrieved 2023-02-15^
  10. Matthew Goldstein, Julie Creswell, Peter Eavis. Stress Builds as Office Building Owners and Lenders Haggle Over Debt The New York Times, 27 April 2023, retrieved 27 April 2023^
  11. L. A. Times Archives. Start Set for 777 Tower in Citicorp Plaza Los Angeles Times, 1988-09-11, retrieved 2025-03-11^
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  13. RBC Capital Markets - About RBCCM - Los Angeles retrieved February 13, 2016^
  14. Lawrence Aldava. More Companies Relocating to Downtown LA DTLA Rising, June 29, 2011, retrieved 1 September 2012^