777 Tower Explained

777 Tower
Alternate Names:7th + FIG
Citicorp Plaza
Pelli Tower
Status:Complete
Location:777 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates:34.0485°N -118.2614°W
Start Date:1988
Completion Date:1991
Architect:César Pelli
Owner:Brookfield Properties
Cost:million
Floor Area:1025000square feet
Floor Count:55
References:[1]
Building Type:Commercial offices
Roof:220.98m (725feet)
Elevator Count:33
Structural Engineer:John A. Martin & Associates
Main Contractor:Peck/Jones (now Jones & Jones)
Developer:South Figueroa Plaza Associates

777 Tower (originally known as Citicorp Center and also known as Pelli Tower) is a 221m (725feet), 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,[2] 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.[3] [4] [5]

The building's owner, Brookfield, defaulted on 777 Tower and the Gas Company Tower, also in Los Angeles, in 2023.[6]

A shot of the tower under construction can be seen looking from 12th street in the 1989 comedy . 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.

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  1. Web site: Emporis building ID 116474 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200720060602/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/116474 . dead . July 20, 2020 . Emporis.
  2. Web site: 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.
  3. News: Leon Whiteson. Pelli Stretches His Skin to New Heights. Los Angeles Times. April 8, 1990. 3 September 2010.
  4. News: Roger Vincent. New York firm soon to be downtown L.A.'s biggest landlord . Los Angeles Times . April 26, 2013 . 28 April 2013.
  5. News: Gittelsohn . John . 2023-02-14 . Brookfield Defaults on Two Los Angeles Office Towers . en . Bloomberg . 2023-02-15.
  6. News: Goldstein . Matthew . Creswell . Julie . Eavis . Peter . Stress Builds as Office Building Owners and Lenders Haggle Over Debt . 27 April 2023 . The New York Times . 27 April 2023.
  7. Web site: Los Angeles | Offices.
  8. Web site: RBC Capital Markets - About RBCCM - Los Angeles . February 13, 2016 . March 21, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150321181006/https://www.rbccm.com/about/cid-151593.html . dead .
  9. News: Lawrence Aldava. More Companies Relocating to Downtown LA. DTLA Rising. June 29, 2011. 1 September 2012.