Update: Regency Tower – May 2009
Fifteen months after beginning construction, Regency Tower in downtown Riverside is poised to receive its crown.
Sitting alongside the under-construction office building is a 45-foot high, 80,000-pound steel and aluminum dome. In about a week, the dome will be perched atop the 10-story building. Developer Moshe Silagi says a special crane will used to perform the hoist.
Located on the northeast corner of Tenth and Orange streets, Regency Tower was originally developed for the private market. However, the 260,000 sq. ft. building was purchased late last year by Riverside County in order to consolidate several offices scattered across the city. The county, which said it would have cost more to construct its own building from scratch, had been discussing a new building for several years.
At any rate, we hope the building signals the return of higher density office projects downtown, whether they be for public or private use.
Update
- Riverside Press-Enterprise – Riddle of Riverside dome: What does it do? (June 13, 2009)
Related
- Riverside Press-Enterprise – Downtown Riverside building to be domestruck (May 16, 2009)
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- RaincrossSquare.com – County agrees to purchase new office building (Nov. 2008) | County eyeing under construction office tower (Sept. 2008) | Update: Regency Tower – July 2008 | Ground broken for downtown office building (Feb. 2008) | Site cleared for downtown office building (April 2007)
Sources: RaincrossSquare.com; Riverside Press-Enterprise (PE-20090516, PE-20090613)
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