| Bank of America Plaza | |
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| Former names | Barnett Plaza |
| Alternative names | 101 Kennedy Boulevard |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 27°56′48″N 82°27′33″W / 27.94660°N 82.45928°W / 27.94660; -82.45928 |
| Completed | 1986 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 175.87 m (577.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 42 |
| Floor area | 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m2)per floor, 783,930 rsf total |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | HKS, Inc. Odell Associates |
The Bank of America Plaza is a 42-story skyscraper located in Downtown Tampa, in the U.S. stateofFlorida, and was completed in 1986. At 175.87 m (577.0 ft), it surpassed One Tampa City Center as the tallest building in Tampa, until completion of 100 North Tampa in 1992. The structure was originally known as Barnett Plaza.[1] The structure contains around 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) of rentable space per typical floor[2] with a total of 783,930 square feet (72,829 m2) of rentable space.[3]
On January 5, 2002, just four months after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a 15-year-old amateur pilot, Charles Bishop, stoleaCessna plane and flew it into the Bank of America building. While it killed him, there were no other injuries (because the crash was on a Saturday, when few people were in the building). A suicide note found in the wreckage expressed support for Osama bin Laden.[4] Bishop had been taking prescription medicine for acne called Accutane that may have had the side effectofdepressionorsevere psychosis.[5] His family later sued Hoffman-La Roche, the company that makes Accutane, for $70 million; however, an autopsy found no traces of the drug in the teenager's system.[6]
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| Preceded by | Tallest Building in Tampa 1986–1992 176m |
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