1901 Sixth Avenue

Property Description

The Regions-Harbert Plaza is a 437 foot tall, 32 story office tower, with adjoining 2-story retail, located at 1901 6th Avenue North, between 19th Street North and 20th Street North. The building, with a total of 613,764 square feet of rentable floor area, includes office, retail, restaurant, and banking space. The building was originally known as the AmSouth-Harbert Plaza and was renamed in July 2007 when AmSouth merged with Regions.

Completed in September 1989, the postmodern-style skyscraper was designed by Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum of St Louis with Brasfield & Gorrie serving as the general contractor. The tower was constructed atop a large downtown site that once was occupied in part by both the Temple Theatre and the Downtown YMCA (1911).

Architectural Design

The brown granite cladding stretches from its base to the copper-roofed, pyramid-shaped penthouse. The shape of the roof was inspired by the towers of the nearby 1st Methodist Church and Cathedral Church of the Advent. The famous "balls" at the corners of the tower mirror those on the corners of the Advent's tower, and the color of the granite was selected to blend with the colors of that church, which sits directly across 20th Street. The Harbert Center on 4th Avenue North was built at the same time and has a similar style of detailing.

Regions-Harbert Plaza Tenants

Regions-Harbert Plaza Retail tenants include:

• Adeptio Wellness Center
• Norton's Florist
• Oh Wow
• Sulfstede-Phillips
• Hair Techniques
• Back on Track
• Jennifer Harwell Art Gallery

Regions-Harbert Plaza Food Court tenants include:

• Wall Street Deli
• O'Henry's Coffee
• Chan Lees
• Avery's Cafe
• Milo's Hamburgers

Regions-Harbert Plaza Tower tenants include:

• Regions Financial Corporation
• Balch & Bingham, LLP
• Maynard, Cooper & Gale
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP
• Ernst & Young
• Synergy Medical
• Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis
• Summit Club

Additional Information

The exclusive Summit Club, formerly the Relay House, is located on the 31st floor.

On July 13, 2007, new signage was unveiled on the building reflecting the name change.

In late February 2008 the Harbert family sold the building to a pair of New York-based investment groups for $126 million. Harbert Realty Services, Inc. continues to lease and manage the property.

In late July 2008 Belk, Inc. announced that they would close their 21,500 square-foot store in the Regions-Harbert Plaza in January 2009.

References

• Regions-Harbert Plaza at Emporis.com, accessed 29 July 2010. [1]
• Cooper, Lauren B. (March 3, 2008) "Regions Harbert Plaza sold for $126M." Birmingham Business Journal
• Kent, Dawn (July 31, 2008) "Belk plans to close downtown Birmingham store." Birmingham News
• Regions-Harbert Plaza - Tenant Links at Regions Harbert Plaza.com, accessed 29 July 2010. [2]

External links

• Regions Harbert Plaza official website
• Regions Harbert Plaza on Emporis.com
• The Summit Club official website