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Symphony Towers
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General information
Type Commercial offices, hotel
Location 750 B Street
San Diego, California
Coordinates 32°43′06″N 117°09′28″W / 32.718307°N 117.157855°W / 32.718307; -117.157855
Construction started 1986
Completed 1989
Owner The Irvine Company
Height
Roof 499 ft (152 m)
Technical details
Floor count 34
Floor area 559,000 sq ft (51,900 m2)
Design and construction
Architect Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Structural engineer Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

Symphony Towers is a 1.2-million-square-foot late modernist two-tower hotel and office complex located in the historic Financial District in downtown San Diego, California, on B Street. The mixed-use, high-rise building includes a 34-story office building with 530,000 square feet of rentable space, the 264-room Marriott Vacation Club Pulse San Diego, a five-level parking structure and the 2,255-seat Copley Symphony Hall. In addition, the penthouse floor houses the exclusive University Club, and the tower has a helipad on the roof.

At 152 m (499 ft), Symphony Tower building is the second tallest skyscraper in San Diego, only one foot under One America Plaza, the city's tallest at 152.4 m (500 ft).

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Symphony Towers and neighboring Imperial Bank Tower

Douglas P. Wilson, current chairman and C.E.O. of Douglas Wilson Companies (DWC), partnered with Charlton Raynd Ventures to develop the project which opened in 1989. Designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Symphony Towers is widely seen as one of Downtown's premier locations.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Symphony Towers para niños

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