Phoenix Corporate Center

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Phoenix Corporate Center
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Location	North Central Avenue Phoenix
Status	completed
Constructed	1960
Roof	341 feet (104 meters)
Top floor	26
Floor count	26

The Phoenix Corporate Center is a 26 floor skyscraper in Phoenix, Arizona. It was built in 1960 and design in the International Style. The tower was built two miles north of Downtown Phoenix in the Central Corridor. At that time corporate investment turned its attention away from downtown. When the tower was complete it was the tallest building in Phoenix taking that distinction away from the Westward Ho and, thus, from Downtown Phoenix. It remained the tallest building for 12 years until Chase Tower, at 40 stories, claimed the title and brought the title of tallest back to Downtown.

When Phoenix Corporate Center was originally built all north and south facing windows had balconies. There were seven columns stretching from the ground floor to the top where they formed a series of arches. Each column visually attached to its neighboring column. There was also a glass elevator on the western elevation, which served the top floor.

In the mid 1990s the exterior was remodeled. The window on the north and south facing walls were moved to edge of the balconies, claiming the area for interior space. Seven of the vertical columns on both the north and south facades were reduced to four. However the seven arches remain on the top floor leaving three blind arches on each side. The exterior elevator is now not functional, yet remains perched high up, at the 26th floor.