This iconic upside-down building in Tucson is up for sale for $1.9M | Subscriber
A long-standing office building in Tucson that requires no guidelines other than to explain that it’s an upside-down pyramid is up for sale.
Vantage West Credit Union currently occupies approximately 3,800 square feet on the first floor of the 11,379 square foot building at 1101 N. Wilmot Road.
The second floor is vacant and is marketed by former tenant Picor commercial real estate.
Broker Richard Kleiner said an ideal tenant would be an office or medical user.
“It certainly has a lot of visibility and recognition,” he said of the building designed by local architect Robert Swaim of Swaim and Associates in the late 1970s.
The asking price is $1.9 million.
Another inverted pyramid exists in Arizona – the Tempe Municipal Building.
“What prompted this design,” Kleiner said, “I don’t know.”
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Photos: 6 Significant Buildings in Tucson
Murphy Wilmot Library
Murphy-Wilmot Library designed by Nicholas Sakellar
Jude Ignacio and Gerardine Vargas for the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation
Wllmot Branch Library
Wilmot branch of the Tucson Public Library, 530 N. Wilmot Road, in September 1965.
Art Grasberger / Citizen of Tucson
Wllmot Branch Library
Wilmot branch of the Tucson Public Library, 530 N. Wilmot Road, in September 1965.
Art Grasberger / Citizen of Tucson
Wllmot Branch Library
Wilmot branch of the Tucson Public Library, 530 N. Wilmot Road, in September 1965.
Art Grasberger / Citizen of Tucson
Murphy Wilmot Library
Library patrons read their materials by the window panels that let in plenty of natural light at the Murphy-Wilmot Library, 530 N. Wilmot Road, February 27, 2020. The library was built in 1965 and designed by Nicholas Sakellar .
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Wllmot Branch Library
Wilmot branch of the Tucson Public Library, 530 N. Wilmot Road, in September 1965.
Art Grasberger / Citizen of Tucson
University of Arizona Poetry Center
The University of Arizona Poetry Center, 1508 East Helen Street, was built in 2007 and designed by Les Wallach, Line and Space. The new 18,000 square foot modernist building houses offices, a library, conference rooms and an auditorium for poetry readings. There is also a cottage for visiting poets and large sliding glass doors that lead to an outside garden. February 24, 2020.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
University of Arizona Poetry Center
The UA Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen Street, September 27, 2007.
David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
University of Arizona Poetry Center
The University of Arizona Poetry Center, 1508 East Helen Street, was built in 2007 and designed by Les Wallach, Line and Space. February 24, 2020. The new 18,000 square foot modernist building houses offices, a library, conference rooms and an auditorium for poetry readings. There is also a cottage for visiting poets and large sliding glass doors that lead to an outside garden.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
UA Environment and natural resources 2 Building
UA Environment & Natural Resources 2 Bldg., 1064 E. Lowell St., was built in 2015 and designed by Jim Richard with GLHN Architects & Engineers. The nearly 151,000 square foot building is a model of sustainability. The interior courtyard is shaped like a slot canyon, which provides cool breezes and saves money on lighting, heating and air conditioning. March 02, 2020.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
UA Building Environment and Natural Resources 2
The undergraduate auditorium of the new Environment and Natural Resources 2 (ENR2) building at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. The hall replaces Centennial Hall as a classroom space and is now the largest classroom auditorium on campus. Photo taken Thursday September 10, 2015.
Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
UA Building Environment and Natural Resources 2
The open-air “canyon slot” of the Environment and Natural Resources building 2.
Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
ft. Commissioner Lowell
ft. Commissioner Lowell
Jude Ignacio and Gerardine Vargas for the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation
ft. Commissioner Lowell
The Commissioner’s Building, part of the old Fort. Lowell in 1979.
Arizona Daily Star
ft. Commissioner Lowell
ft. Commissioner Lowell
Jude Ignacio and Gerardine Vargas for the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation
Fountain in El Presidio Park
Fountain in El Presidio Park, built in 1971. Artist Charles Clement with architect: Michael A. Lugo Jr. for Blanton & Co
Jude Ignacio and Gerardine Vargas for the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation
Fountain in El Presidio Park
Old City Hall, left, stands at the edge of the new parking lot that runs under Presidio Park as construction was underway. Downtown was changing as part of its march toward urban renewal on September 17, 1969. The photograph was taken from the 11th floor of the new Pima County Administration Building.
Bill Hopkins / Citizen of Tucson
Arizona Inn, 1979
The historic Arizona Inn, 2200 E. Elm, Tucson, photographed in 1979. It was built in 1930-31 by Isabella Greenway.
John Hemmer / Citizen of Tucson
Arizona Inn, 1979
The historic Arizona Inn, 2200 E. Elm, Tucson, photographed in 1979. It was built in 1930-31 by Isabella Greenway.
John Hemmer / Citizen of Tucson
Arizona Inn, 1957
The historic Arizona Inn, 2200 E. Elm, Tucson, photographed in 1957. It was built in 1930-31 by Isabella Greenway.
Bill Sears Photography
Arizona Inn, 1957
The historic Arizona Inn, 2200 E. Elm, Tucson, photographed in 1957. It was built in 1930-31 by Isabella Greenway.
Bill Sears Photography
Arizona Inn, 1957
The historic Arizona Inn, 2200 E. Elm, Tucson, photographed in 1957. It was built in 1930-31 by Isabella Greenway.
Bill Sears Photography
Arizona Inn
The historic Arizona Inn is closed until at least May 1.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Inn
The Arizona Inn, 2200 E. Elm Street, was built in 1930 and designed by Merritt H. Starkweather. It has a pueblo revival and colonial revival design. The library in front of the lobby on February 27, 2020.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Inn
The Arizona Inn, 2200 E. Elm Street, was built in 1930 and designed by Merritt H. Starkweather. It has a pueblo revival and colonial revival design. The lobby dining room is pictured here on February 27, 2020.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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