The Duke Energy Center in Uptown Charlotte is near completion. For those of you who are not familiar with which construction the Duke Energy Center has been, its located on South Tryon and West Stonewall Streets. Originally to be named the Wachovia Corporate Center, in February 2009, it was announced that this would be renamed as the Duke Energy Center to reflect Duke’s status as the lead tenant of the tower in the wake of the fall 2008 acquisition of Wachovia by San Francisco-based Wells Fargo. The 48-story Duke Energy Center in uptown Charlotte is the focal point of the new mixed-use Wells Fargo Cultural Campus, Afro American Museum, Becheler Museum, Mint Museum, Knights Theater which will seat approximately 1,150 and a proposed 42 story condo tower. The two towers, along with a nine-story building annex, sit atop an eight-story parking structure that extends 95 feet below street level. The tower features a granite base and blue-green glass topped with a handle-like element similar to that at the Shanghai World Financial Center. Wachovia/ Wells Fargo Bank are moving its headquarters to the 1.3 million square-foot building. The other primary tenants will be Duke Energy and the Wake Forest University Babcock Graduate School of Management which are expected to occupy large portions of the building.
