1 Independent Square (Jacksonville)

The tower was completed in 1974 by the Independent Life and Accident Insurance Company, and was known as the Independent Life Building. Built by The Auchter Company. It was designed by KBJ Architects, who received the Honor Award for Outstanding Achievement in Design by the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for the design. The building was sold to Associated Capital Properties, and the Jacksonville staffing company AccuStaff moved in and acquired the naming rights, and it became the AccuStaff Building. In 2002, AccuStaff changed its name to MPS Group. It renamed the building the Modis Building, after one of the company's main brands, and added Modis signage. In May 2011, Wells Fargo, which had acquired the Wachovia financial services company, announced it would relocate local employees to the building. Signage went up on the Wells Fargo Center on September 26 and the relocation completed by April 2012. ==Description and tenants==

1 Independent Square has 37 floors and held the title of the tallest building in Florida until 1981, when One Tampa City Center was completed. The first floor also contained an auditorium with seating for 360 patrons, a bank, restaurants, and several retail stores. Parkway Properties is a third-party service provider for the building. The River Club One major tenant in 1 Independent Square is the River Club of Jacksonville, a private business club that occupies the top two floors of the building. Originally known as the Jacksonville Businessmen's Club, it was established in 1954 after the fashion of similar organizations in New York City, Chicago and Washington, D.C. It was formerly located on the 16th floor of the Prudential Building (now known as the Aetna Building), the city's tallest building when it opened in 1955. It relocated to its current space in 1976, but did not offer memberships to women until 1985. ==Gallery==

File:ModisBldg-Jul2009-a.JPG|Modis signage, 2000 File:ModisBldg-Feb2010-f.JPG|Aerial view, 2010 File:NightJXFL112.jpg|Go Jaguars lights, 2011 File:Wells Fargo Center JAX.JPG|Interior File:Wells Fargo Center, Jacksonville, FL, US.jpg|Side ==See also==