Atlanta Financial Center, Office building complex in Buckhead, Atlanta, US.
Atlanta Financial Center is a 914,747-square-foot office complex in Buckhead, Atlanta, built of black aluminum and glass. It consists of three connected towers: an 11-story South Tower, a 12-story North Tower and a 19-story East Tower. The complex sits directly over Georgia 400, next to MARTA's Buckhead station on the Red Line.
Atlanta Financial Center began as an 11-story building for the Robinson-Humphrey Company, completed in 1982. In 1984 Robinson-Humphrey planned the 19-story East Tower along the proposed Georgia 400 extension; Fulton County paid $3 million toward extra costs, and the firm donated the $1 million right-of-way to the Georgia DOT. The highway opened beneath the tower in 1993, the MARTA line in 1996. The complex sold for $154 million in 2001 and $222.5 million in 2016.
The complex takes its name from the Robinson-Humphrey bank that built the first tower in 1982; that bank later became part of SunTrust, now Truist Financial. The Georgia 400 extension deal of 1984, with Fulton County paying $3 million and Robinson-Humphrey donating a $1 million right-of-way, is why the highway and MARTA Red Line run beneath the East Tower.
The location provides direct access via the main highway running beneath it, with the nearby transit station in central Buckhead offering multiple arrival options. Visitors and workers can easily reach the site using different forms of transportation.
The East Tower's construction required special concrete supports because the highway and rail line run directly beneath the building. This engineering solution allowed vertical development above existing infrastructure without disrupting traffic flow.
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