Dallas Arts Tower (formerly Chase Tower) is a 225 m (738 ft), 55-story postmodern skyscraper at 2200 Ross Avenue in the City Center District of downtown Dallas , Texas . Although it is the fourth tallest skyscraper in the city, if one were to exclude antennas and spires, it would be the third. It is also the 13th tallest building in Texas. The building was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and was completed in 1987. The building also formerly housed the Dallas Petroleum Club, a business and social club located on the 39th and 40th floors.
14-423: Texas Commerce Tower may refer to: JPMorgan Chase Tower (Dallas) , formerly known as Texas Commerce Tower JPMorgan Chase Building (Houston) , formerly known as Texas Commerce Tower JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston) , formerly known as Texas Commerce Tower Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
28-565: A portion of the real estate portfolio of prolific Brooklyn real estate developer Isaac Hager who declared bankruptcy. Initially focusing on smaller projects and asset purchases, in the early 2010s, he began a ground-up development. Since its founding, Fortis has acquired or developed more than $ 3 billion of commercial real estate across the United States. Development projects he has been involved with include: His son, Joel Kestenbaum, works with him at Fortis. Kestenbaum has continued
42-566: Is a follower of the Satmar Hasidic dynasty . Kestenbaum operated a sportswear company. In the early 1980s, Kestenbaum paid $ 4 million for Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse , a vacant 500,000-square-foot industrial property at 184 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn . He used part of the building for his company and leased the remainder. Kestenbaum later converted the building to apartments and tripled his rental income using
56-678: Is an American real estate developer who is the founder and chairman of New York City-based Fortis Property Group. Kestenbaum was born to a Hasidic Jewish family, the son of Rabbi Zvi Kestenbaum. His father lost most of his family in the Holocaust and founded the ODA Primary Health Care Network, a federally subsidized health care center that serves the Hasidic community in South Williamsburg . He
70-476: Is known for its unique architecture which includes a curved glass top and a 6-story hole in the center of the building near the top and is nicknamed the "Keyhole Building" by some people. When Ion Storm existed, its corporate headquarters were in Suite 4500, 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m ) of space in a penthouse suite on the 54th floor, the top floor, of the tower. Lisa Chadderdon of Fast Company said that
84-555: The Dallas Petroleum Club stood in as itself in several episodes. The tower suffers a direct hit from an asteroid fragment in the 1997 made-for-TV movie Asteroid , which splits the building in half and causes the skyscraper's iconic "keyhole" crown to come crashing to the ground. Establishing shots of the Chase Tower are used in the sitcom Cristela . Fortis Property Group Louis Kestenbaum (born 1952)
98-538: The building in August 2016. In 2023, it was announced that the building would be renamed the Dallas Arts Tower and that it would go under renovations to include an art gallery and 2 new restaurants. Exterior and interior location shoots were used in season two of the 2012 television reboot series Dallas . The tower and penthouse office space stood in as home of the fictional Barnes Global/Ewing Global and
112-437: The lower level of the rotunda. Tenants may also opt for an executive locker that provides full-time locker use of a larger locker, changing area and executive lounge. The fitness center is staffed with a full-time manager and day porter Monday through Friday. The 40th floor Sky Lobby at the base of the "keyhole" contained a little-known observation area which is no longer available to the public. Fortis Property Group acquired
126-485: The penthouse location was "unusual". For the first ten years after the construction of the JPMorgan Chase Tower, the penthouse location had been unleased. Hines REIT bought the building in 2007 naming Hines Interests Limited Partnership the property manager. The company Autonomy etalk planned to move its employees to the Chase Tower from Las Colinas , Irving in 2008. Deloitte has an office in
140-637: The proceeds to buy other properties in the neighborhood. He went on to develop Northside Piers in Williamsburg. In 2004, he co-founded the Fortis Property Group with his son and Jonathan Landau, a modern Orthodox Jewish attorney from Cleveland, Ohio . Within two years, the company acquired over $ 3 billion in properties, primarily Class A office buildings in Dallas , Boston , and Norfolk, Connecticut . In 2009, Kestenbaum purchased
154-501: The title Texas Commerce Tower . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Texas_Commerce_Tower&oldid=370113964 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages JPMorgan Chase Tower (Dallas) This building
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#1732765132605168-408: The tower for fifteen years, beginning in 2011. Deloitte will have at least 1,111 employees in the JPMorgan Chase Tower. In 2015 and 2016 renovations were made to many of the common areas including the main lobby and mezzanine level of the building. Lighting and furniture upgrades were included along with a remodel of the existing sundries shop and Starbucks coffee kiosk. An executive conference center
182-544: The tower which had 950 employees in late 2009. In early 2009, Deloitte announced that it planned to consolidate its Downtown operations and its operations in Irving, Texas . Initially, there would have been a multimillion-dollar advantage to Deloitte if it moved to Irving. The City of Dallas proposed an economic grant to Deloitte if it decided to stay in Downtown Dallas. Therefore, Deloitte agreed to extend its lease in
196-429: Was added on the 40th floor and a video conference center was added on level 38. The rotunda which sits on the property's north plaza was remodeled as a fitness center exclusive to Chase Tower tenants. It includes cardio, free weight and circuit training equipment as well as a studio center for group fitness and spinning class workouts. Men's and women's locker rooms with full shower facilities and day lockers were added in
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