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Gas Company Tower

Gas Company Tower is a 52-story, 228.3 m class-A office skyscraper on Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. Located on the north side of Fifth Street between Grand Avenue and Olive Street, across from the Biltmore Hotel, the building serves as the headquarters for the Southern California Gas Company, which vacated its previous offices on Eighth- and Flower-streets in 1991.[8] The building houses employees of Los Angeles County.

In 2014, Deloitte became the first tenant to have their logo affixed to the peak of the building which had been left plain since the building was completed. This giant accounting firm moved from nearby Two California Plaza, where it had been since 2000.[9]

The tower's owner, Brookfield, defaulted on Gas Company Tower and the 777 Tower, also in Los Angeles, in 2023.[10][11] The County of Los Angeles notified the court-appointed representative of their interest in acquiring the building in mid-2024.[12] The purchase was completed late in the year.[13] Employees were working in the building by 2025.[14]

In popular culture

The lobby is featured in the opening scene of the 1994 action movie Speed.

It was also featured in the 2001 film Vanilla Sky.[15]

See also

  • List of tallest buildings in Los Angeles
  • List of tallest buildings in the United States

External links

References

  1. Vincent, Roger (13 October 2013) "Brookfield becomes dominant landlord in L.A. financial district" Los Angeles Times^
  2. John Gittelsohn. Brookfield Defaults on Two Los Angeles Office Towers Bloomberg, 2023-02-14, retrieved 2023-02-15^
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  4. Emporis building ID 116418 Emporis^
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  8. Sidley Austin LLP - Our Firm - Los Angeles Sidley Austin, 2010, retrieved 2 September 2010^
  9. Vincent, Roger (12 June 2014) "Deloitte to move downtown L.A. office to Gas Co. Tower" Los Angeles Times^
  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. Greg Cornfield. Two Tenants Ditch Brookfield's L.A. Office Towers Commercial Observer, 2023-07-06, retrieved 2023-07-08^
  12. Roger Vincent, Rebecca Ellis. Los Angeles County agrees to buy downtown skyscraper Los Angeles Times, 2024-08-01, retrieved 2024-08-01^
  13. Roger Vincent. After Los Angeles County bought a skyscraper, a fight over whether to tear down its historic headquarters Los Angeles Times, 2024-12-13, retrieved 2024-12-13^
  14. Rebecca Ellis. L.A. County bought the Gas Company Tower for $200 million. Upgrades will cost much more Los Angeles Times, 2025-07-26^
  15. Richard Horgan, Tower of Power, Los Angeles Downtown News, April 29, 2002, accessed October 13, 2023.^