:RSA Battle House Tower

{{Infobox building

| name = RSA Battle House Tower

| image = RSA Battle House Tower, 2021.jpg

| caption = The tower in 2021

| location = 11 North Water Street
Mobile, Alabama, U.S.

| coordinates = {{coord|30|41|35.22|N|88|2|22.83|W|region:US|display=inline,title}}

| status = Completed

| start_date = 7 November 2003

| completion_date = 16 September 2006

| est_completion =

| opening = 11 May 2007

| building_type = Skyscraper

| antenna_spire = {{convert|745|ft|m|0}}

| roof = {{convert|670|ft|m|0}}

| top_floor =

| floor_count = 35

| elevator_count = 30

| cost = $220 Million

| floor_area = {{convert|534268|sqft|m2|0}}

| architect = TVS Associates

| structural_engineer =

| main_contractor =

| developer =

| owner = Retirement Systems of Alabama

| management =

| references = {{cite web|title="Building Specs" |work="RSA Battle House Tower website" |url=http://www.battlehousetower.com/building_specs.html |access-date=2007-12-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107091440/http://www.battlehousetower.com/building_specs.html |archive-date=November 7, 2007 }}{{cite web|title="RSA Battle House Tower"|work="Emporis"|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=102429|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040609200034/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=102429|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 9, 2004|access-date=2007-12-08}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.rsa-al.gov/real-estate/office-building-portfolio/battle-house-tower/}}

}}

The RSA Battle House Tower is located in Mobile, Alabama and is Alabama's tallest building. The building is owned by the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA). It is the tallest on the Gulf Coast of the United States outside Houston, although not counting the antenna spire the Hancock Whitney Center in New Orleans remains taller. It replaces the Shipt Tower in Birmingham as the tallest building in Alabama and the RSA–BankTrust Building as the tallest in Mobile. The building is named for the neighboring Battle House Hotel, which is now part of the tower complex. The Battle House Hotel was restored and renovated as part of the tower project.

Construction

The building began with foundation slab concrete being poured during the weekend of 7 November 2003. The foundation slab is over {{convert|7|ft|m|1}} thick, with just over {{convert|5|ft|m|1}} of it resting below the natural water table of downtown Mobile. The spire, installed by a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter on Saturday, 16 September 2006, brought the building to its finished height of {{convert|745|ft|m|0}}."Helicopter to place crowning point on Alabama's tallest skyscraper." The Press-Register, Mobile, AL. September 15, 2006 During construction, five hurricanes affected Mobile, causing delays in the construction of this building: Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Ivan in 2004, as well as Hurricane Cindy, Hurricane Dennis, and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Facilities

The tower consists of 25 office floors, 3 lobby floors, 4 hotel floors, and 1 service floor, together with 30 elevators and {{convert|534268|sqft|m2|0}} of column-free floorspace and a total building area of 189,644 sq.ft{{cite web|title=RSA Battle House Tower|url=https://www.credifi.com/ui/freemium/propertydetails/11%20N%20Water%20St%20Mobile,%20AL/575fdfa8fbffa9036cbe0f73|website=CrediFi|access-date=19 September 2016}} The lighted crown is visible from {{convert|30|mi|km|0}} away along Mobile Bay on a clear night.

References

External links

[https://www.rsa-al.gov/real-estate/office-building-portfolio/battle-house-tower/ Official website]
{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040609200034/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=102429 RSA Battle House Tower at Emporis]}}
[http://www.michaelmastro.com/photo_rsa-rooftop.html Photographs of the RSA Tower rooftop]

{{Succession box

| before=Wachovia Tower

| title=Tallest Building in Alabama

| years=2007—Present
227m

| after=None

}}

{{Succession box

| before=RSA–BankTrust Building

| title=Tallest Building in Mobile

| years=2007—Present
227m

| after=None

}}