FOCUS: THE CITY TOWER : A weekly look at office and industrial real estate in the county.

At 20 stories and 466,000 square feet, The City Tower is one of the largest and tallest buildings in central Orange County. It’s the ninth office building in The City complex, which also includes a regional mall, 16 restaurants and eating establishments, 10 movie theaters, a health spa and the 460-room Doubletree Hotel.

FACTS AND FIGURES

Address: 333 City Blvd. West, Orange

Developer: Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Tishman West Cos.

Architect: Dworsky & Associates, Los Angeles

Primary Contractor: Tishman West Cos.

Broker: Tishman West Cos.

Financing: Metropolitan Life

Use: Office

Cost (land and building): $65 million

Date completed: March 1988

Percentage of building leased: 40%

Parking capacity: 1,450

Rental cost per square foot: $1.50 to $1.75

MAJOR TENANTS

Square feet

Cal-Surance Associates: 38,000

James River Corp.: 20,740

Factory Mutual Engineering: 17,212

Connecticut Mutual: 16,103

Source: Tishman West Cos