Epic Center
{{Short description|Tallest building in the state of Kansas}}
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{{Infobox building
| name = Epic Center
| image = Wichita Epic Center.jpg
| caption = Epic Center (2008)
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| location = 301 N. Main St.
Wichita, Kansas 67202
| coordinates = {{coord|37|41|25|N|97|20|19|W|region:US-KS|display=inline,title}}
| status = Complete
| start_date = 1985
| completion_date = 1987
| opening = 1987
| building_type = commercial office, tv transmission
| height = {{convert|385|ft|m}} (tip of roof slant)
| floor_count = 22
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| floor_area = {{convert|298,000|sqft|m2|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=Epic Center|url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/epic-center/9743|website=Skyscraper Center|publisher=CTBUH|access-date=2017-07-29}}
| architect = Platt, Adams, Braht, Bradley & Associates
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| main_contractor = Dondlinger Construction
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| website = {{URL|https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/301-N-Main-St-Wichita-KS/4120290/|Leasing agent}}
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The Epic Center is a {{convert|385|ft|m|adj=mid}}, 22-story skyscraper at 301 N. Main St. in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is the tallest building in the state of Kansas, holding that title since its completion in 1987.
History
Construction of the Epic Center began in October 1985.{{cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=epiccenter-wichita-ks-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930080513/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=epiccenter-wichita-ks-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |title=Epic Center data |access-date=2008-06-01 |work=Emporis}} It officially opened for business in 1987. Created as a lure for businesses to the downtown area, the Epic Center helped create a "big city" feel for Wichita at a time when the economy was fluctuating. The building has 22 stories above ground level.
Originally, the plans called for two twin towers to be built, but those plans were scrapped in favor of a single tower due to the fear that the occupancy level would never reach near capacity. At the time, this led to a local joke referring to the development as "Epic Off-Center", but that epithet is now largely forgotten.
In 2007, in a $1.4 billion transaction the Epic Center, One and Two Brittany Place and 31 other buildings, were acquired by real estate investment firm Behringer Harvard, when it acquired IPC US REIT.{{cite news|author=Chris Moon
|url=http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2007/12/10/daily25.html|title=Epic Center sold|date=Dec 13, 2007|work=Wichita Business Journal|via=bizjournals.com}}
In 2015, the Epic Center changed hands again, being purchased for $11.5 million by real estate investor Phil Ruffin.
Today
Today the building's tenants include law firms, banking and loan corporations, a field office of the Secret Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation, and many other businesses.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
The Epic Center has {{Convert|298000|sqft|m2}} of office space. Fleeson Gooing Law Firm LLC, accounting firm Allen, Gibbs & Houlik LC and the North American headquarters of manufacturing firm Viega NA Inc. are its largest tenants.
See also
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