The Bank of America Plaza is a skyscraper in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It opened in 1984 as Interfirst Bank Plaza, was designed by the Houston office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and is 28 stories high.[2] The building has a postmodern design and a roof height of 387 ft.[3]
It is the largest office building in the city with 533,171 feet of office space. It is also the city's 6th tallest building.[4]
In 2016 a piece of art called Kinetic Skyline was installed on the side of Bank of America Plaza.[5] USAA purchased the building in downtown San Antonio on August 14, 2017,[6] but ended its deal to move 2,000 employees into downtown offices with the City of San Antonio and Bexar County in spring of 2022.[7]
In popular culture
The building was used for establishing shots in the opening credits and in episodes for the offices of the title character in the short lived NBC television series "J.J. Starbuck."
See also
- List of tallest buildings in San Antonio
References
- Bank of America Plaza Skyscraper Center, CTBUH, retrieved 2017-07-21^
- Bank of America Plaza, San Antonio | 118198 Emporis, retrieved 2022-05-02^
- Bank of America Plaza SkyscraperPage.com, retrieved 2022-05-02^
- San Antonio | Buildings Emporis, retrieved 2022-05-02^
- Elda Silva. San Antonio artist's 'Kinetic Skyline' lights up downtown building Thursday San Antonio Express-News, March 31, 2016^
- Richard Webner. USAA Real Estate buys $88 M Bank of America Plaza in downtown San Antonio mySA, 2017-08-16, retrieved 2022-12-01^
- Madison Iszler. USAA ends downtown deals with San Antonio, Bexar County San Antonio Express-News, 2022-05-18, retrieved 2022-12-01^