SunTrust Tower, Postmodern skyscraper in downtown Jacksonville, United States
VyStar Tower, originally the American Heritage Life Building, is a 357-foot (109 m) postmodern skyscraper at the northwest corner of Independent Drive and Laura Street in downtown Jacksonville. Completed in 1989 by KBJ Architects, it is the city's sixth tallest building and has also been known as the SunTrust Tower, Jacksonville Center and Humana Building.
The building was constructed in 1989 by KBJ Architects as the American Heritage Life Building, originally serving as an insurance company headquarters. It later changed ownership multiple times, becoming known as SunTrust Tower and then VyStar Tower through corporate acquisitions and transitions.
The tower's names record its successive owners: American Heritage Life Building, Jacksonville Center, Humana Building and SunTrust Tower. VyStar Credit Union, Florida's second-largest credit union, bought it in 2019 for its headquarters after SunTrust's lease expired. The VyStar sign was finished in August 2019, and the neighbouring 100 W. Bay building, with food and retail space, joined the same campus.
The tower stands at the northwest corner of Independent Drive and Laura Street, beside the 100 W. Bay building that forms part of the same VyStar campus. The Bread & Board opened its third location on the first floor of 100 W. Bay, so food and retail space sit next to the tower rather than inside it. VyStar moved more than 1,000 employees into these two buildings.
The electric blue LED edge lighting finished on July 1, 2020 was installed by local firms Dana B. Kenyon Company, Miller Electric Company and RS&H, part of a multi-phase plan to build up the VyStar Campus that also takes in the 100 W. Bay building next door.
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