Docusign Tower
Skyscraper in Seattle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Docusign Tower, previously the Wells Fargo Center, is a skyscraper in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. Originally named First Interstate Center when completed in 1983, the 47-story, 574-foot (175 m) tower is now the ninth-tallest building in the city, and has 24 elevators and 941,000 square feet (87,400 m2) of rentable space.[5] The design work was done by The McKinley Architects, and it is owned by Chicago-based EQ Office.
| Docusign Tower | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Exterior of the Docusign Tower from the 73rd floor of the Columbia Center in 2012 | |
  Location within downtown Seattle | |
| Former names | First Interstate Tower, Wells Fargo Center |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 999 Third Avenue Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 47.605°N 122.3341°W |
| Current tenants | Docusign |
| Completed | 1983 |
| Owner | EQ Office |
| Management | EQ Office |
| Height | |
| Roof | 174.96 m (574.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 47 |
| Floor area | 87,753 m2 (944,570 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 24 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | McKinley Architects |
| Main contractor | Howard S. Wright Construction |
| Website | |
| 999thirdave | |
| References | |
| [1][2][3] [4] | |
In 2013, the building was purchased by Canada's Ivanhoé Cambridge from Beacon Capital Partners of Boston.[6] The building was renamed after First Interstate Bancorp was taken over by Wells Fargo in 1996. In 2019, the building was purchased by EQ Office.[7] Docusign took over naming rights in 2020 after expanding their lease within the building, which began in 2015.[8][9]
The exterior façade is composed of a six-sided, steel-framed tower that features a combination of tinted continuous double-glazed glass and polished spring rose granite panels. As is common with buildings in downtown Seattle, Docusign Tower rests on a slope. The eastern entrance facing Third Avenue is slightly more than two stories higher than the Western side facing Second Avenue. On the west side, the building has a public hill-climb on two flights of outdoor escalators that were encased in clear tubes until 2006 when they were updated with a simpler, yet more modern glass roof. The building has three levels of outdoor plazas.[citation needed] Several retail spaces face the west plaza.[10]
The site was previously occupied by the 12-story Olympic National Life building, which was demolished by implosion on the morning of Sunday, February 28, 1982. It was the first demolition by implosion in downtown Seattle.[11][12] One of the city's first steel skyscrapers, it was built in 1906 and was also known as the American Savings Bank and the Empire Building.[13][14]
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