777 Main Street is a skyscraper located in Fort Worth, Texas. At 525 feet (160 meters), it is the third tallest building in Fort Worth. It has 40 stories, and was completed in 1983. Its address is 777 Main Street, and it takes up the block bounded by Commerce Street, East 7th Street, Main Street, and Northeast 6th Street. The building stands at the site where the demolished Aviation Building existed between 1930 and 1978. Typical floorplates for this building are 23,000 square feet (2,100 m2).

777 Main Street
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Alternative namesContinental Plaza (1982–1998), UPR Plaza/Union Pacific Resources Building (1998–2000), Carter+Burgess Plaza (2000–2012)
General information
StatusCompleted
Town or cityFort Worth, Texas
Country United States
Construction started1980
Completed1982
Height525 ft (160 m)
Technical details
Floor count40
Floor area1,025,252 sq ft (95,249.0 m2)
Lifts/elevators24
Design and construction
Architect(s)JPJ Architects
Structural engineerBrockette Davis Drake
Main contractorHCB Contractors
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The building was significantly damaged by an F3 tornado on March 28, 2000, about 1,300 of the 5,000 buildings windows were blown out and repairs were done in 2001.

The building has been known under a series of names in the past as its main tenants have changed. Before 1998 it was known as the Continental Plaza; from 1998 to 2000 as the UPR Plaza; and from 2000 to 2012 as the Carter Burgess Plaza.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Carter+Burgess Plaza". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  2. ^ "Carter Burgess Plaza being renamed 777 Main". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. April 11, 2012.
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