Shipt Tower

{{Short description|Office tower in Birmingham, Alabama, US}}

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

{{Infobox building

|name = Shipt Tower

|image = Shipt Tower From 20th.jpg

|image_size = 200px

|caption =

|location = 420 Twentieth Street North Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

|coordinates = {{coord|33.5176|-86.8083|display=inline,title}}

|status = Completed

|start_date =

|completion_date =

|opening = 1986

|building_type = Class A Office Building

|antenna_spire = {{convert|454|ft|m|0}}

|roof =

|top_floor =

|floor_count = 34

|elevator_count =

|cost =

|floor_area = {{convert|550,994|sqft|m2|0}}{{cite web|title=Wells Fargo Tower|url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/wells-fargo-tower/9482|website=Skyscraper Center|publisher=CTBUH|access-date=2017-09-05}}

|architect = Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Giattina, Fisher & Aycock

|structural_engineer = MBA Structural Engineers, Inc.

|main_contractor = Brice Building Company

|developer =

|owner = Barry Companies

|management =

|references = {{url|www.thewachoviatower.com}}

}}

The Shipt Tower is a 34-story, {{convert|454|ft|adj=on}} tall office building in Birmingham, Alabama. Built in 1986 as the corporate headquarters for SouthTrust Corporation, the building was known as the SouthTrust Tower until 2005, when SouthTrust completed its merger with Wachovia and it became the Wachovia Tower. It became the Wells Fargo Tower in September 2010 after Wells Fargo completed its purchase of Wachovia and a new logo was placed atop the building. Shipt, a local start-up and subsidiary of the Target Corporation announced in January 2019 that it would become the anchor tenant of the building in 2020. The Tower was rebranded as the Shipt Tower{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvtm13.com/article/shipt-taking-over-wells-fargo-tower-in-downtown-birmingham/25781616|title=Shipt taking over Wells Fargo Tower in downtown Birmingham|last=WVTM 13 Digital|date=Jan 7, 2019|website=WVTM|accessdate=Jul 11, 2021}} on May 23, 2020, when corporate signage was placed atop the tower.{{Cite web|url=https://alabamanewscenter.com/2020/05/26/shipt-logo-tops-birminghams-tallest-building/|title=Shipt logo tops Birmingham's tallest building|date=May 26, 2020|accessdate=Jul 11, 2021}}