777 Tower

777 Tower (originally known as Citicorp Center and also known as Pelli Tower) is a 221 m (725 ft), 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.

777 Tower
Alternative names	7th + FIG Citicorp Plaza Pelli Tower
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Commercial offices
Location	777 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34.04845°N 118.26138°W / 34.04845; -118.26138
Construction started	1988
Completed	1991
Cost	US$250 million
Owner	Brookfield Properties
Height
Roof	220.98 m (725.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	55
Floor area	1,025,000 sq ft (95,200 m2)
Lifts/elevators	33
Design and construction
Architect(s)	César Pelli
Developer	South Figueroa Plaza Associates
Structural engineer	John A. Martin & Associates
Main contractor	Peck/Jones (now Jones & Jones)
References
[1][2][3][4][5]

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.

Tenants

• American International Group
• Arnold & Porter^[11]
• Brown & Riding Insurance Services
• RBC Capital Markets^[12]
• Zurich^[13]

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

• 
  777 Tower
• 
  777 Tower, 801 Tower, and TCW Tower (left to right)
• 
  Looking up to the 777 Tower from 7th+Fig Plaza

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Los Angeles

References

1. "777 Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
2. "Emporis building ID 116474". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. 777 Tower at Glass Steel and Stone (archived)
4. "777 Tower". SkyscraperPage.
5. 777 Tower at Structurae
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 (April 8, 1990). "Pelli Stretches His Skin to New Heights". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
8. Roger Vincent (April 26, 2013). "New York firm soon to be downtown L.A.'s biggest landlord". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
9. Gittelsohn, John (February 14, 2023). "Brookfield Defaults on Two Los Angeles Office Towers". Bloomberg. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
10. Goldstein, Matthew; Creswell, Julie; Eavis, Peter (April 27, 2023). "Stress Builds as Office Building Owners and Lenders Haggle Over Debt". The New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
11. "Los Angeles | Offices".
12. "RBC Capital Markets - About RBCCM - Los Angeles". Archived from the original on March 21, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
13. Lawrence Aldava (June 29, 2011). "More Companies Relocating to Downtown LA". DTLA Rising. Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved September 1, 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

• 777 Tower official website
• Jones & Jones Construction