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Contents • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] Plans were initially announced by to construct a new headquarters building on August 21, 1969. Although no architectural designs were complete at the time of its announcement, bank officials indicated it would rise at least 40 stories. On March 18, 1971, bank officials unveiled the final design as a 42-story, 601-foot (183 m) skyscraper, encompassing a full block fronting on East Wisconsin Avenue. Designed by James DeStefano of the office of, with Fitzhugh Scott Architects of Milwaukee serving as an associate planner for the project, the name of the tower was announced as the First Wisconsin Center. 
The building was on August 29, 1972, with the installing of the final 20-foot (6.1 m) steel beam atop the tower. Along with bank officials,,, and attended the ceremony. Near the end of construction in 1973, two fatalities occurred at the work site.
In May, a foreman died after being struck by a. In July, one worker died and four others were injured when a used in installing a 175-pound (79 kg) aluminum panel broke free and fell 41 floors to the ground.
Server execution failed windows 7. The building was initially occupied on September 4, 1973, and celebrated its official opening on October 6, 1973. First Wisconsin Center [ ] While still under construction in September 1972, a group of local developers responsible for the neighboring Juneau Square development filed suit against First Wisconsin. The $138 million suit alleged the bank acted in a ' manner to control office development, in an effort to derail the plaintiffs proposed 25-story office tower project on a property adjacent to the First Wisconsin Center.
After several years of, the suit finally went to trial in May 1976. The following October, the court found First Wisconsin guilty and awarded the plaintiffs $6 million in damages that was then tripled to $18 million due to federal laws on damages awarded to suits. First Wisconsin appealed the ruling, and in August 1977, a federal court ruled the case be retried due to the complexity of the original trial, along with the plaintiffs being allowed more time and the admission of testimony. Upon appeal, in June 1978 the court ruled in favor of First Wisconsin in clearing the company of all charges.
After remaining under the ownership of First Wisconsin since its opening, in June 1987 it was announced the tower would be purchased for $195 million by the development company. At the time of the announced sale, Trammell Crow unveiled plans to construct a 50-story tower southeast of the First Wisconsin Center in overtaking it as the state's tallest building. It has since remained unbuilt. The sale was completed in January 1988 with Trammell Crow paying $195 million for the complex, only to subsequently sell it to an investment partnership for $220.9 million. Firstar Center [ ] In December 1988, First Wisconsin changed its name to as its operations expanded beyond the state of Wisconsin. In May 1992 the First Wisconsin brand was dropped and all retail banking operations were unified under the name Firstar Bank. As a result, on September 14, 1992, the building was renamed the Firstar Center.
In 1996, a $1.2 million was constructed over Van Buren Street to connect the tower with the neighboring Lewis Center. The addition was funded in part by the city of Milwaukee as an project as Firstar had significant operations in both the tower and neighboring Lewis Center. In 1998, the ownership partnership of, the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, and the California Public Employees' Retirement System () decided to place the center on the market. The following November Star Banc of announced the re-purchase of the tower into company hands for $200 million at the time of their purchase of Firstar. Bank Center [ ] In October 2000, Firstar Corporation announced its purchase of and stated the new company would take the U.S. Bank moniker. The Firstar-U.S.