225 Broadway (San Diego)

{{Short description|Office building in San Diego, California}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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|location = San Diego, California

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|architect = Architects Mosher Drew Watson Ferguson

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225 Broadway is the 41st tallest building in San Diego, California, and is a prominent fixture in San Diego's skyline. The 23-story skyscraper has a height of 306 ft (93 m) and is located in the Horton Plaza district of downtown San Diego and was home to the area NBC owned-and-operated station KNSD from 2001 until 2016, during which time it was known as the NBC Building and bore NBC signage. The skyscraper is built to the International Style.

History

The building was purchased by American Assets in 2004 for $95.5 million.{{cite news|last=Bergman |first=Heather |title=A Bay Area Buying Binge |date=May 16, 2005 |newspaper=San Diego Business Journal |url=http://www.sdbj.com/article.asp?aID=2332566.9351444.1143012.85299402.9325114.925&aID2=87915 |accessdate=April 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225235232/http://www.sdbj.com/article.asp?aID=2332566.9351444.1143012.85299402.9325114.925&aID2=87915 |archivedate=February 25, 2007 }}

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