{{Short description|Skyscraper in Dallas Texas}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox building | name = 1700 Pacific Avenue | image = 1700 Pacific northside.jpg | former_names = First City Centre | location = 1700 Pacific Avenue<br />[[Dallas, Texas]] | coordinates = {{Coord|32.7823|-96.7966|region:US-TX_type:landmark|display=title,inline}} | construction_start_date = 1981 | completion_date = 1983 | building_type = Commercial offices | antenna_spire = | roof = {{convert|199|m|abbr=on}} | top_floor = | floor_count = 49 | elevator_count = | cost = | floor_area = {{convert|124932|m2|abbr=on}} | architect = WZMH Architects | structural_engineer = | main_contractor = | developer = Cadillac-Fairview | owner = Olymbec<ref name="DBJ-2023-1"/> | operator = Lincoln Property Company | references = }}
'''1700 Pacific''' is a [[skyscraper]] located at 1700 Pacific Avenue in the [[City Center District, Dallas, Texas|City Center District]] of [[Dallas, Texas]]. The building rises {{cvt|655|feet}} and contains 49 floors of office space. It is currently the seventh tallest building in the city and was the second tallest in the city when it was completed in 1983, trailing only [[Renaissance Tower (Dallas)|Renaissance Tower]].
The land on which 1700 Pacific sits was once two triangular blocks separated by Live Oak Street. In 1977, one of the triangular blocks was purchased by Dallas Transit Board for a major transit interchange on a proposed underground transit system.<ref>"Group Buys Building at 211 North Ervay". ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''. September 4, 1977.</ref>
The architect for the Tower was WZMH Architects. Berkeley First City L.P. first owned the building while [[Jones Lang LaSalle]] leased the building.<ref name="Fitness">"[http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/08/18/daily12.html 1700 Pacific to bring fitness center to downtown Dallas]." ''[[Dallas Business Journal]]''. Monday August 18, 2008. Retrieved on January 17, 2010.</ref> In 2008, Jones Lang LaSalle announced that a {{convert|25000|sqft|sqm}} fitness center named "Elevation" would move into 1700 Pacific.<ref name="Fitness"/> In 2011, the building was renovated.<ref name="DBJ-2023-1">{{cite news | first = Tucker | last = Wells | title = Dallas brokerage maintains downtown footprint with lease renewal | newspaper = Dallas Business Journal | date = May 10, 2023 | access-date = December 9, 2025 | url = https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2023/05/10/capis-1700-pacific-cresa.html }}</ref>
By August 2013, ''[[Dallas Business Journal]]'' listed the fitness center among the building's facilities. The newspaper also reported that the building was put up for sale.<ref>{{cite news | first = Candace | last = Carlisle | title = Downtown Dallas skyscraper lands on the market | newspaper = Dallas Business Journal | date = August 16, 2013 | orig-date = August 14, 2013 – Original publication date | access-date = December 9, 2025 | url = https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2013/08/14/downtown-dallas-skyscraper-lands-on.html }}</ref> In July 2014, it was bought by Canada-based Olymbec at an undisclosed price.<ref>{{cite news | first = Candace | last = Carlisle | title = Canada-based Olymbec Group snaps up 1700 Pacific in downtown Dallas | newspaper = Dallas Business Journal | date = July 24, 2014 | access-date = December 9, 2025 | url = https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2014/07/24/canada-based-olymbec-group-snaps-up-1700-pacific.html }}</ref> In 2026, it was valued at $54 million and was 33% leased.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Swanger |first=By Ben |date=2026-05-11 |title=Why Downtown Dallas Can't Fill Its "Zombie" Office Towers - D CEO Magazine |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-ceo/2026/may/empty-office-towers-downtown-dallas/ |access-date=2026-05-12 |website=D Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
==See also== * [[List of tallest buildings in Dallas]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.1700pacific.com/ 1700 Pacific official website] * {{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/118417 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818035219/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/118417 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 18, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 118417 |work=[[Emporis]]}} * [http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/1700-pacific/1718 1700 Pacific at Skyscraper Center]
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