777 Tower

{{Short description|52-story high-rise designed by César Pelli in Financial District of Downtown Los Angeles}}

{{use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Use American English|date=April 2021}}

{{Infobox building

| name = 777 Tower

| alternate_names = 7th + FIG
Citicorp Plaza
Pelli Tower

| status = Complete

| image = 777 Tower Los Angeles Pelli LC-HS503-502.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption =

| location = 777 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California

| coordinates = {{coord|34.04845|-118.26138|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}

| start_date = 1988

| completion_date = 1991

| architect = César Pelli

| owner = Brookfield Properties

| cost = {{US$|250}}{{nbsp}}million

| floor_area = {{convert|1025000|sqft|abbr=on}}

| floor_count = 55

| references = {{ctbuh|1233}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/116474 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720060602/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/116474 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 20, 2020 |title=Emporis building ID 116474 |work=Emporis}}{{glasssteelandstone|}}{{skyscraperpage|2458}}{{structurae|}}

| building_type = Commercial offices

| roof = {{convert|220.98|m|abbr=on}}

| elevator_count = 33

| structural_engineer= John A. Martin & Associates

| main_contractor =Peck/Jones (now Jones & Jones)

| developer = South Figueroa Plaza Associates

| management =

}}

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777 Tower (originally known as Citicorp Center and also known as Pelli Tower) is a {{convert|221|m|abbr=on}}, 52-story high-rise office building designed by César Pelli located at 777 South Figueroa Street in the Financial District of Downtown Los Angeles, California.

Developed in 1991 by South Figueroa Plaza Associates as Citicorp Plaza,{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/pplot.13725/?sp=77|title = Citicorp Plaza's fifty-three-story 777 Tower, by Cesar Pelli and Associates, was completed on South Figueroa Street in Los Angeles in 1991. The building features a reflective white-metal skin and series of towers that seem to fold into one another, 04/07/05, LC-DIG-pplot-13725-01379 (Digital file from LC-HS503-502)|website = Library of Congress}} the building spans approximately 1,025,000 sq ft (95,200 m²) and has a three-story Italian marble lobby. The exterior is clad with sculpted white metal and glass. The tower is adjacent to the FIGat7th shopping center, which opened in 1986 as "Seventh Market Place" and had two department stores: Bullock's and May Co. It was purchased from Maguire Properties by owner Brookfield Properties.{{cite news|author=Leon Whiteson|title=Pelli Stretches His Skin to New Heights|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-08-vw-1598-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 8, 1990|access-date=3 September 2010}}{{cite news | author=Roger Vincent| title=New York firm soon to be downtown L.A.'s biggest landlord | url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-downtown-skyscraper-sale-20130426,0,4465783.story | work=Los Angeles Times | date=April 26, 2013 | access-date=28 April 2013}}{{Cite news |last=Gittelsohn |first=John |date=2023-02-14 |title=Brookfield Defaults on Two Los Angeles Office Towers |language=en |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-14/brookfield-defaults-on-two-los-angeles-office-towers |access-date=2023-02-15}}

The building's owner, Brookfield, defaulted on 777 Tower and the Gas Company Tower, also in Los Angeles, in 2023.{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Matthew |last2=Creswell |first2=Julie |last3=Eavis |first3=Peter |title=Stress Builds as Office Building Owners and Lenders Haggle Over Debt |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/business/economy/office-buildings-banks-economy.html |access-date=27 April 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=27 April 2023}}

A shot of the tower under construction can be seen looking from 12th street in the 1989 comedy Police Academy 6: City Under Siege. It also plays a role in the finale to the 2001 film Swordfish, where a Skyhook helicopter deposits a bus full of hostages on the helipad.

The ground breaking ceremony was on September 7, 1988.{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1988-09-11 |title=Start Set for 777 Tower in Citicorp Plaza |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-11-re-2417-story.html |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}