500 Marquette, Commercial building in Downtown Albuquerque, United States.
500 Marquette is a commercial building in downtown Albuquerque featuring 15 floors that rise 235 feet high. The design combines a four-story glass atrium base with an 11-story trapezoidal block positioned above it, creating the structure's distinctive form.
500 Marquette was built by Cavan Associates of Phoenix and opened in 1986 at a cost of about $45 million. The project included an attached garage meant to serve the City-County Building via a walkway over 5th Street. After financial trouble, it went into foreclosure in 1989 and was sold to EQ Office that year. Bernalillo County considered buying it in 2008 but withdrew during the recession.
The main entrance features a 12-foot bronze sculpture titled 'The Future-Chiricahua Apache Family' by artist Allan Houser. This artwork defines the public space and serves as a visual landmark for those passing through downtown.
The attached five-level garage runs south along 6th Street and was partly built to serve the City-County Building through a walkway over 5th Street; the city leased about half of it. The entrance on Marquette Avenue NW faces the bronze sculpture, and the office block sits above a four-story glass atrium.
The top floor held the Albuquerque Petroleum Club, a members-only dining club that closed in 2007. The attached five-level garage was partly leased by the city to serve the City-County Building through a pedestrian walkway above 5th Street.
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