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{{Short description|404-foot skyscraper in Downtown Orlando}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox building
|name=Bank of America Center
|former_names = Barnett Bank Center,<br />NationsBank at duPont Centre
|image=Bank of America Center.jpg
|location=390 North Orange Avenue<br />[[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], [[Florida (U.S. state)|Florida]]<br />United States
|start_date=1985
|completion_date=1988
|floor_count=28
|floor_area= {{convert|421,203|sqft|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Bank of America Center|url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/bank-of-america-center/10298|website=Skyscraper Center|publisher=CTBUH|accessdate=2017-08-22}}</ref>
|building_type=Office
|roof={{convert|123.14|m|ft|1|abbr=on}}<ref name="Emporis">{{cite web|url = http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=bankofamericacenter-orlando-fl-usa|archive-url = https://archive.today/20120728233732/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=bankofamericacenter-orlando-fl-usa|url-status = usurped|archive-date = July 28, 2012|title =Bank of America Center| accessdate = 2011-01-16}}</ref>
| antenna_spire      = {{convert|127.3|m|abbr=on}}
}}
The '''Bank of America Center''' is a 404-foot skyscraper in [[Downtown Orlando]].
The building is one of the tallest in the city,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://highrisefacilities.com/orlandos-multi-spired-bank-america-tower-sold-parkway-properties/|title=Orlando's Multi-Spired Bank of America Tower Sold to Parkway Properties - High Rise Facilities|work=High Rise Facilities|accessdate=17 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720082518/http://highrisefacilities.com/orlandos-multi-spired-bank-america-tower-sold-parkway-properties/|archive-date=20 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is a unique part of the skyline. The [[postmodern architecture|postmodern]] building was designed by Texas-based Morris-Aubry Architects, who modeled the building after their recently completed [[One American Center]] in [[Austin, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/363762871 |title=Critic calls Austin architecture 'wretched excess' |author=Tyson, Kim |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=January 18, 1986 |accessdate=June 10, 2019}}</ref> Its collection of 10 spires gives it an almost gothic appearance, and its staircase design makes it similar in appearance to another [[Bank of America]] [[Bank of America Center (Houston)|building]] in [[Houston]]. The building was owned by [[Cousins Properties]] of Atlanta, Georgia, and sold in January 2018 to [[Southwest Value Partners]] based in San Diego, California.
== History ==
April 1985, the Pillar-Bryton Company announced plans and unveiled the model for a new development in downtown Orlando, Florida on a 10-acre site off Orange Avenue named "du Pont Centre", the overall project cost was estimated to be $400 million once completed, with the first building costing $78 million. The announcement was made by the owner of the development company and an Orlando resident which was William DuPont III, heir to the Du Pont family fortune. In 1985, [[Forbes]] estimated the 32-year-old heir's wealth to be at least $125 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1985-04-15/business/0290150100_1_pont-iii-pont-iv-du |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229213535/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1985-04-15/business/0290150100_1_pont-iii-pont-iv-du |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 29, 2014 |title=Orlando Sentinel - Du Pont Centre}}</ref>
William du Pont III later sold the remaining undeveloped property. Bad investments and business deals caused him to also sell his ownership interest in the building in the 1990s.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
The building is slated to be undergoing $1–2 million renovations every year up until 2020 which may total $8 million by the current owners. The current owners acquired the property via acquisition of Parkway Properties in a multibillion-dollar deal. Parkway Properties purchased the building in May 2011 for approximately $61 million.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
In January 2018, a San Diego–based real estate firm [[Southwest Value Partners]] purchased the building for $81.86 million along with two other downtown Orlando buildings in a package deal valued over $208 million.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
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