Financial Center

600 Walnut Street

Completed June 1972

Lynch, Payne, Champion & Bernabe Inc – architects from Des Moines

Henry Beck of Dallas General Contractor

25 stores – 345 feet tall

300 underground parking spaces

500,000 sq ft gross area

$22 million current cost or $122 million in 2012 dollars

5 acres of glass

Tallest Building in Iowa:  

1923-1973            Equitable Bldg. @ 319 ft

1973-1974            Financial Center @ 345 ft                               

1974-1991            Ruan Center @ 475 ft

1991 to present    801 Grand @ 630 ft