The building was originally built to be the headquarters of
Getty Oil. When Getty was acquired by
Texaco in 1984/1985, the building housed the West Coast offices of that company for several years until that company merged with Shell, into Equiva/Equilon/Motiva and relocated their headquarters.
MCA bought the building that year, and used it to house
Universal Pictures. Ever since
NBCUniversal was founded in August 2004, the building has also been home to the company's Cable Entertainment properties including
Esquire Network,
Bravo,
Universal Cable Productions, and Wilshire Studios. Other NBCU businesses such as Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and its joint venture with
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment,
Studio Distribution Services, HRConnection, and corporate functions are also housed here. The property is home to The Terrace Studios at 10UCP, a broadcast facility housing two sound stages and their accompanying facilities. Entertainment news programs
E! News,
Access Hollywood and
Access Daily began broadcasting from this facility in June 2015. The tower is home to the show's offices and newsroom facility. The tower is also home to the main studio for
Universal Animation Studios, while the other studio is located on the
Glendale campus of
DreamWorks Animation. ==See also==