FourFortyFour South Flower
FourFortyFour South Flower, formerly Citigroup Center, is a 627 ft (191 m) 48-story skyscraper at 444 South Flower Street in the Bunker Hill area of downtown Los Angeles, California.[1] At the time of its completion, in 1981, the tower was the fifth-tallest in the city.
FourFortyFour South Flower
Citigroup Center
Wells Fargo Building
444 Plaza Building
Commercial offices
444 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, California
1978
1981[1]
Coretrust Capital Partners[1]
Coretrust Management, LP
191 m (627 ft)
48
83,053 m2 (893,980 sq ft)
25
AECOM Hunt Tishman
History[edit]
The structure was developed by the Rockefeller Group and designed by Albert C. Martin & Associates. It opened in 1981 as the Wells Fargo Building.[6] In 2003, Beacon Capital Partners purchased the property, then known as Citicorp Center, for US$170 million from Meiji Seimei Realty (USA) and Grosvenor USA Ltd.[7] The building was owned by Broadway Partners Fund Manager, LLC from December 2006 to September 2009.[8] Coretrust Capital Partners acquired the property in November 2016[9] for $336 million.[10] Citigroup exited the building in 2018 and moved to the nearby 1 Cal Plaza building.[11]
FourFortyFour South Flower is home to one of the largest public art collections in Los Angeles.[12] When the building was constructed, five internationally recognized artists were enlisted to create public works that are represented throughout the gallery.[13]
In addition to the pieces that were commissioned during the building's construction, a new mural by local artist Augustine Kofie was unveiled in spring 2019.[14]