1717 Main, also known as Comerica Bank Tower, is a 60-story skyscraper at 1717 Main Street in downtown Dallas, Texas. Philip Johnson and John Burgee designed it, and HCB Contractors built it. Construction began in February 1985 and ended in 1987. The tower rises 787 feet (239.9 m) and has about 1.5 million square feet of office space.
The design is Postmodern, with a three-section form, upper setbacks and barrel-vault motifs that give it an Art Deco look. The first five floors hold a large banking hall with a vaulted ceiling and skylight. It has 32 elevators and a three-level underground garage.
It opened as the headquarters of MCorp Bank, which collapsed soon after. Crescent Real Estate Equities and Trizec Properties bought it in 1997, and Comerica renamed it Comerica Bank Tower after announcing its move in 2007. It is the third-tallest skyscraper in Dallas and the sixth-tallest in Texas.
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