Frost Tower (San Antonio)

The Frost Tower is a 23-story skyscraper in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It opened in 2019 at a cost of $142 million and is the first new office tower built in downtown San Antonio since 1989 when Weston Centre was built.[3][4] Frost Tower replaced the old Frost Bank Tower as the headquarters of the eponymously named Frost Bank when it opened in 2019.

This article is about a building in San Antonio, Texas. For the building in Austin, Texas, see Frost Bank Tower.
Frost Tower (San Antonio)
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
Location111 West Houston Street
San Antonio, Texas
 United States
Coordinates29.4269°N 98.4970°W / 29.4269; -98.4970
Construction startedMarch 7, 2017[1]
Completed2019
Height
Roof400 ft (120 m)[1]
Technical details
Floor count23 [1]
Design and construction
ArchitectPelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Alamo Architects, Kendall/Heaton Associates Inc.[1]
Main contractorClark Construction[2]

Reception

The building won the 2019 Best Office/Retail/Mixed-Use Project by Engineering News-Record (ENR Texas & Louisiana)[5] and has been compared to Queen Elsa's ice palace, a drill bit and a can opener.[6]

See also

References
  1. https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1232095/frost-tower-san-antonio-tx-usa
  2. "Frost Tower".
  3. "Developers allowed to break ground on towers in downtown, the Pearl". 15 March 2017.
  4. "Frost Tower: A Modern Addition". 26 November 2018.
  5. "Best Office/Retail/Mixed-Use: Frost Tower".
  6. "S.A.'s new Frost Bank Tower gets likened to drill bit, Bart Simpson". 5 February 2019.


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