655 West Broadway

655 West Broadway is the 13th-tallest building in San Diego, California, and is a prominent fixture in San Diego's skyline. Tied with Pinnacle Marina Tower, it has a height of 412 feet (126 m). It is located at 655 West Broadway in the Marina district of downtown San Diego. 655 West Broadway is a 23-story building that uses the postmodern architectural style and was designed by Carrier Johnson Architects. It is primarily an office building but also contains residential and retail uses.^[1]

655 West Broadway
April 2009
General information
Type	Office Residential Retail
Location	655 West Broadway, San Diego, California 92101
Coordinates	32°42′55.11″N 117°10′7.61″W
Construction started	October 2003
Completed	2005
Owner	655 WB Operating, LLC
Management	Avison Young
Height
Antenna spire	None
Roof	412 ft (126 m)
Technical details
Floor count	23
Floor area	380,000 sq ft (35,300 m2)
Lifts/elevators	11
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Carrier Johnson Architects
Developer	Broadway Tower 655, LLC
Structural engineer	MKA, Seattle, Washington
Other information
Parking	765

History

The construction of the 380,000 sq ft (35,300 m²) skyscraper began in 2003 and was completed in 2005.^[2] It was the first new office tower in downtown San Diego in a dozen years.^[3] The building was originally named Broadway 655. In 2007 Advanced Equities changed the name to Advanced Equities Plaza after signing a 10-year lease on the building. In August 2011 First Allied Securities split off from Advanced Equities via a sale of the company to its management, forming an independent brokerage.^[4] The building name changed again to First Allied Plaza in March 2012 due to the separation of First Allied from Advanced Equities. First Allied uses three floors of the 23-story skyscraper.^[5] The building is now referred to as "655 West Broadway". Other tenants include Deloitte Development LLC, Interlaced LLC and the law firm Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd.^[6]

Ownership

The building was originally built by Broadway Tower 655, LLC, a limited partnership of which Robert V. Lankford of Lankford & Associates, Inc. was the managing partner.^[7] In July 2007, the building was sold to the Dutch firm Wereldhave USA under the direction of Carmen Taveras-Cruz, the company's former president for $210 million.^[8] Wereldhave sold the building in March 2013 to Lone Star Funds, a Dallas-based private equity firm, for a reported $140.88 million, representing a loss of over $70 million on Wereldhave's investment.^[6][9] The building was sold by Lone Star Funds in 2014 for $156.8 million to 655 WB Operating, LLC.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in San Diego