Symphony Towers, Mixed-use skyscraper in downtown San Diego, United States
Symphony Towers is a late modernist complex of two towers in downtown San Diego's historic Financial District. Its 34-story office tower rises 152 m (499 ft), one foot under One America Plaza, and holds 530,000 sq ft of rentable space. The site also contains the 264-room Marriott Vacation Club Pulse, a five-level parking structure and the 2,255-seat Jacobs Music Center.
Construction ran from 1984 to 1989, a five-year span the French Wikipedia calls long for a tower of this size. In 1988, mid-build, the project stalled and was bought by London & Edinburgh Investment, a subsidiary of London-listed London & Edinburgh Trust PLC, which finished it and fully leased the offices. The Irvine Company bought the building in 2003 for $134 million, and in 1994 it won the BOMA International Building of the Year award.
The 2,255-seat Jacobs Music Center, home of the San Diego Symphony, is built into the complex alongside the office tower and hotel. Its hall places orchestral concerts in the same block as the Financial District offices, so performances and business share one address.
The complex sits in the historic Financial District of downtown San Diego, with a five-level parking structure on site and the 2,255-seat Jacobs Music Center entered from B Street. The office tower rises 34 stories; the hotel and club floors are reached separately from the lobby.
A private club occupies the top floor while a helipad sits atop the building, making it one of the few structures downtown with such amenities. These exclusive features reflect the towers' upscale positioning in San Diego.
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