1201 Pacific

{{Short description|Tallest building in Tacoma, Washington}}

{{Infobox building

|name = 1201 Pacific

|image = Wells Fargo Plaza from Commerce Street, Tacoma.jpg

|caption = Wells Fargo Plaza from Commerce Street

|address = 1201 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, Washington

|coordinates = {{coord|47.252194|-122.437429|region:US-WA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

|status = Completed

|former_names = Wells Fargo Plaza, Bank of Washington Plaza, First Interstate Plaza

|start_date = 1969

|completion_date = 1970

|opening =

|renovation_date = 1988

|building_type = Commercial offices

|architectural = {{convert|338|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|roof = {{convert|290|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|floor_count = 25

|cost = $14 million

|floor_area = {{convert|308,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|architect = Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

|owner = Unico Properties

|parking = 418

|references = {{CTBUH|id=13221}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/125343 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307153303/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/125343 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 125343 |work=Emporis}}

}}

1201 Pacific, formerly the Wells Fargo Plaza, is the tallest building in Tacoma, Washington, and was completed in 1970. It was built with help from investors such as George Weyerhaeuser and Ben Cheney,{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} and was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.{{cite web|title=Unico Properties|url=http://www.unicoprop.com/prop/wellsfargo.aspx|website=Unico Properties|accessdate=September 29, 2014}}

The $14 million building was announced in 1968 and uses land that was cleared under Tacoma's urban renewal program. It was originally built for the National Bank of Washington,{{cite news |date=November 20, 1968 |title=Bank Will Build Tacoma's Tallest |page=2 |work=The Seattle Times}} which was acquired in 1970 by Pacific National Bank (later First Interstate Bank of Washington),{{cite news |date=August 17, 1970 |title=State's third largest bank created in merger today |page=B6 |work=The Seattle Times}} in turn acquired in 1996 by Wells Fargo.{{cite news |last=Buck |first=Richard |date=January 24, 1996 |title=Wells Fargo buying First Interstate Bank, state's 4th largest |page=A1 |work=The Seattle Times}} It was known as the Wells Fargo Center until 2016, when it lost its naming rights.{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=C.R. |date=August 2, 2016 |title=Tacoma, don't call it the Wells Fargo tower anymore |url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/business/article93349567.html |work=The News Tribune |location=Tacoma, Washington |accessdate=May 27, 2017}}

The building, now owned by Unico Properties, was awarded LEED Silver certification in 2011.{{cite news |date=December 22, 2011 |title=Year In Review: LEED silver Wells Fargo Plaza |url=http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/blog/year-in-review-leed-silver-wells-fargo-plaza/2085906/ |work=Tacoma Daily Index |accessdate=February 4, 2017}}