Dave01walk
September 27th, 2007, 04:34 PM
Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 10:04 AM EDT
SunTrust building lights up for USF BullsTampa Bay Business Journal
Football team rivalry leads to sell-out [Tampa Bay]
After a decade, world-class soccer set to return to Tampa [Tampa Bay]
Make way for one more large addition to the University of South Florida's football bandwagon -- a 36-story building, to be precise.
SunTrust Financial Centre, the fourth-largest office tower in downtown Tampa, will be lit in green and gold Friday night for USF's nationally televised game versus West Virginia University.
The building, which opened in 1992, uses lighting gel lenses to colorize its distinctive ziggurat in recognition of local sports teams, events and causes.
SunTrust Financial Centre was purchased last week in a joint venture between Stiles Capital Partners and Macquarie Office Trust for $117.5 million. Jones Lang LaSalle brokered the deal, which was one of the most expensive local office transactions on record at roughly $225 a square foot.
USF, currently ranked in the top 25 of two college football polls, is garnering support from various segments of the community. Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio declared Friday "Green and Gold Day" and asked citizens to wear team colors.
The Bulls' game versus WVU at Raymond James Stadium is sold out, yet will be shown locally on ESPN2 with kickoff scheduled for 8 p.m.
http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2007/09/24/daily40.html?jst=b_ln_hl
SunTrust building lights up for USF BullsTampa Bay Business Journal
Football team rivalry leads to sell-out [Tampa Bay]
After a decade, world-class soccer set to return to Tampa [Tampa Bay]
Make way for one more large addition to the University of South Florida's football bandwagon -- a 36-story building, to be precise.
SunTrust Financial Centre, the fourth-largest office tower in downtown Tampa, will be lit in green and gold Friday night for USF's nationally televised game versus West Virginia University.
The building, which opened in 1992, uses lighting gel lenses to colorize its distinctive ziggurat in recognition of local sports teams, events and causes.
SunTrust Financial Centre was purchased last week in a joint venture between Stiles Capital Partners and Macquarie Office Trust for $117.5 million. Jones Lang LaSalle brokered the deal, which was one of the most expensive local office transactions on record at roughly $225 a square foot.
USF, currently ranked in the top 25 of two college football polls, is garnering support from various segments of the community. Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio declared Friday "Green and Gold Day" and asked citizens to wear team colors.
The Bulls' game versus WVU at Raymond James Stadium is sold out, yet will be shown locally on ESPN2 with kickoff scheduled for 8 p.m.
http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2007/09/24/daily40.html?jst=b_ln_hl