Durham Centre (Durham, North Carolina)
The Durham Centre is a 15-story office skyscraper located at 300 West Morgan Street in Downtown Durham, North Carolina.[1] Completed in 1988, it was originally named People's Security Tower after its original primary tenant, People's Security Insurance. Sitting atop 3 stories of garage parking, Durham Centre is the second tallest building in downtown Durham, after the recently constructed (completed in 2018) One City Center, and the third tallest in Durham behind University Tower (standing at 350 feet 4 miles southwest of downtown).
| Durham Centre | |
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 Durham Centre in 2015 | |
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| Former names | People's Security Tower |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 300 West Morgan Street Durham, North Carolina, USA |
| Coordinates | 35.9983°N 78.9021°W |
| Construction started | 1986 |
| Completed | 1988 |
| Owner | Craig Davis Properties |
| Height | 223 feet (68 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 15 |
| Floor area | 195,911 |
| Lifts/elevators | 6 |
The original plan called for a "twin tower" adjacent to Durham Centre that would be called "Renaissance at Durham Centre" and would comprise mainly of condominiums and apartments with retail on the lower levels. This project was cancelled and the plot where the building would have been has been turned into a small greenspace adjacent to Durham Centre on top of the parking garage.