The Rivergate Tower , also known as the Sykes building or the Beer Can Building , is a 454-foot-tall (138 m) skyscraper in Tampa , Florida . The skyscraper is the seventh tallest building in Tampa with 31 floors. Rivergate Tower's principal tenant is Sykes Enterprises , a publicly-traded company that operates technical help and customer support centers internationally.
7-473: The building was constructed in 1988 for $ 150 million as headquarters for North Carolina National Bank (NCNB), a predecessor to NationsBank . Parking is provided in a two-story sub-level structure with 731 spaces. The building was constructed from 1986 to 1988. Architect Harry Wolf based its measurements on the Fibonacci sequence , in which each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers, leaving each tile in
14-571: Is Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park , and just to the west is the Tampa Riverwalk on the Hillsborough River . North Carolina National Bank North Carolina National Bank ( NCNB ) was an American bank based in Charlotte , North Carolina , prior to 1960 called American Commercial Bank. It was one of America's top banking institutions between the 1960s-1990s. From 1974 to 1983, the bank
21-513: The floor and each window pane is bigger than the ones next to it. The building is faced in French and Texas limestone , making it one of the tallest limestone structures in the world. The distinctive cylindrical shape was meant to symbolize a lighthouse on the Tampa skyline. The building was purchased by In-Rel Properties at a foreclosure sale in 2011 for $ 22 million. Harry Wolf's design for Rivergate Tower
28-576: Was given the 1993 National Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). On April 18, 2012, the American Institute of Architects 's Florida Chapter placed the Rivergate Tower on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places . An adjacent cube-shaped building houses the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts along with a bank and a cafe. Just to the north of the tower
35-479: Was run by chairman and chief executive officer Tom Storrs. What was NCNB would form the core Bank of America . In 1957 American Trust Co. (founded 1901) and Commercial National Bank (founded 1876) merged to form American Commercial Bank in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1960 American Commercial Bank merged with Greensboro -based Security National Bank to form North Carolina National Bank. While American Commercial
42-485: Was the nominal survivor, the merged bank gave up American Commercial's state charter to operate under the Greensboro bank's national charter. In 1969, it reorganized as a holding company, NCNB Corporation. In 1983, Ellis Bank of Florida merged with NCNB and then, in 1986, NCNB announced plans for an 875-foot signature skyscraper in downtown Charlotte that would serve as its corporate headquarters. In 1991, while construction
49-425: Was underway, NCNB acquired C&S/Sovran Corp. of Atlanta and Norfolk and took the new name, NationsBank . The new skyscraper opened in 1992 as NationsBank Corporate Center. In 1998 NationsBank acquired BankAmerica Corp. and took the name Bank of America which now operates in all 50 states. The transaction was run by Hugh McColl . Bank of America retains NCNB/NationsBank's pre-1998 stock price history, and
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