To spot the Shipt Tower, just look up and find the tallest building around with light gray stone, rows of square blue-tinted windows, and the big "Shipt" logo perched proudly at the very top!
Alright, you’re standing before the mighty Shipt Tower, a true Birmingham heavyweight! Imagine the year: 1986. People are walking around with shoulder pads and big hair, and suddenly a brand new skyscraper shoots up, taller than anything Alabama had ever seen, its sleek granite and glass shimmering like a giant’s smartphone (though, I’ll admit, those didn’t exist yet). It was built as the grand lair for SouthTrust Corporation, and everyone craned their necks in awe. Over the years, this tower played an epic game of “Who’s Got the Logo?” as it changed hands-first SouthTrust, then Wachovia in 2005, Wells Fargo in 2010, and now, the local tech superstar, Shipt, since 2020.
And talk about drama-at the time, it knocked the First National Bank Building in Mobile right out of the title for “Tallest in Alabama.” For twenty epic years, this spot ruled the Alabama skyline until a rival in Mobile snatched the crown in 2006. Inside, it’s a buzzing hive of energy: lawyers at Burr & Forman, number-crunchers at Deloitte and KPMG, and Wells Fargo holding down the fort as one of the biggest tenants. It’s like an office building version of a hotel for business legends. So whether you’re into architecture, high-stakes business, or just really tall things, the Shipt Tower has seen decades of Birmingham’s rise, reinvention, and a little bit of corporate musical chairs!
