The structure was developed by the Rockefeller Group and designed by Albert C. Martin & Associates. It opened in 1981 as the Wells Fargo Building.[6] In 2003, Beacon Capital Partners purchased the property, then known as Citicorp Center, for US$170 million from Meiji Seimei Realty (USA) and Grosvenor USA Ltd.[7] The building was owned by Broadway Partners Fund Manager, LLC from December 2006 to September 2009.[8] Coretrust Capital Partners acquired the property in November 2016[9] for $336 million.[10] Citigroup exited the building in 2018 and moved to the nearby 1 Cal Plaza building.[11]
Public artwork
FourFortyFour South Flower is home to one of the largest public art collections in Los Angeles.[12] When the building was constructed, five internationally recognized artists were enlisted to create public works that are represented throughout the gallery.[13]
In addition to the pieces that were commissioned during the building's construction, a new mural by local artist Augustine Kofie was unveiled in spring 2019.[14]
In seasons 1 and 2 of the television series Alias, the building is called the Credit Dauphine Building and is home to the criminal organization SD-6.
The building was used on a number of occasions as a corporate office location throughout episodes of the 1983-1986 ABC action and crime drama Hardcastle and McCormick.
The building appears in the opening credits and establishing shots of the 1986-1994 NBC television drama L.A. Law as the office building in which the principal characters worked.[1]
The building appears in the original opening sequence of the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
The building appears as the headquarters of CatCo Worldwide Media in Supergirl. In season 5, Obsidian North, a Buenos Aires-based technology company, is revealed to have offices downstairs from CatCo.
The building appears to collapse when the US Bank Tower collapses on top of it in San Andreas .
The building appears as the Los Angeles branch of the CIA in Gotcha!.