First Place Tower

First Place Tower
General information
Type	office
Location	15 E 5th St., Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Coordinates	36°09′08″N 95°59′23″W / 36.1521007°N 95.9895873°WCoordinates: 36°09′08″N 95°59′23″W / 36.1521007°N 95.9895873°W
Completed	1973
Height
Roof	516 ft (157 m)
Technical details
Floor count	41

First Place Tower (originally the First National BanCorporation Tower) is a skyscraper located at 15 East Fifth in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was completed in 1973 and has 41 stories. At 516 feet (157 m) in height, it is the third tallest building in Tulsa behind BOK Tower and Cityplex Towers, and the fourth tallest in Oklahoma. The building is listed as a contributing property in the Oil Capital Historic District (Tulsa, Oklahoma).^[1]

It is owned by Maurice Kanbar, a Californian entrepreneur. In 2006, Kanbar acquired 21 office buildings in downtown Tulsa.

In June 2014, CB/Richard Ellis (CBRE, a commercial real estate firm,) sued Kanbar Properties and John and Stuart Price, Kanbar's ownership properties, for breach of a contract involving the lease of office space for ONE Gas Inc. in the tower.^{[lower-alpha 1]} CBRE alleged damages of one million dollars.^[2]

See also

• Buildings of Tulsa, Oklahoma
• List of tallest buildings in Tulsa
• List of tallest buildings in Oklahoma

Notes

1. ONE Gas Inc. is a subsidiary of ONEOK.

References

1. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Oil Capital Historic District. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
2. Evatt, Robert. "CBRE sues Kanbar Properties." Tulsa World. June 5, 2014. Accessed December 23, 2015.

External links

• Emporis
• Kanbar Properties