10 Universal City Plaza

10 Universal City Plaza
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Alternative names10 UCP
Getty Oil Building
MCA-Getty Building
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeCommercial offices
Location10 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, California
Coordinates34°08′17″N 118°21′42″W / 34.13802°N 118.3616°W / 34.13802; -118.3616
Completed1984
OwnerComcast
ManagementComcast
Universal Studios
Height
Roof154.23 m (506.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count35[1]
Floor area76,180 m2 (820,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Main contractorHathaway Dinwiddie
References
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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.

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]

  1. ^ a b c Miller, Daniel (3 October 2013). "Comcast purchases Universal City tower for about $420 million". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
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  3. ^ "Emporis building ID 116589". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "10 Universal City Plaza". SkyscraperPage.
  5. ^ 10 Universal City Plaza at Structurae
  6. ^ a b "Broadway Partners Fund Manager, LLC". Archived from the original on 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  7. ^ Wei, Lingling (2009-04-01). "Half-Price Sale: Boston's Hancock Tower". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-03-31.