10 Universal City Plaza
Skyscraper in Universal City, California, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
10 Universal City Plaza (10 UCP) is a 36-story, 154.23 m (506.0 ft) rhombic skyscraper in Universal City, California near Los Angeles[1][6] and is the headquarters of Universal Studios. The tower was completed in 1984 by Hathaway Dinwiddie, was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and contains 820,000 sq ft (76,000 m2) of office space. It is the tallest building in the San Fernando Valley.
10 Universal City Plaza | |
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Alternative names | 10 UCP Getty Oil Building MCA-Getty Building |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Commercial offices |
Location | 10 Universal City Plaza Universal City, California |
Coordinates | 34.13802°N 118.3616°W / 34.13802; -118.3616 |
Completed | 1984 |
Owner | Comcast |
Management | Comcast Universal Studios |
Height | |
Roof | 154.23 m (506.0 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 35[1] |
Floor area | 76,180 m2 (820,000 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
Main contractor | Hathaway Dinwiddie |
References | |
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French conglomerate Vivendi Universal sold the building to CarrAmerica Realty Corporation and Beacon Capital Partners in 2003, for $190 million. CarrAmerica have owned 80% of this building, while Vivendi and NBC Universal owned the remainder. The building was sold to Broadway Partners in December 2006.[6] The firm lost control of the building in March 2008 in an auction to a partnership between Normandy Real Estate Partners and Five Mile Capital Partners for $306 million after Broadway failed to service its massive debt load.[7]
On October 3, 2013, it was reported by the Los Angeles Times that NBCUniversal's parent company Comcast Corporation had purchased the building for about $420 million.[1]