The J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building is a 14-story highrise at the corner of Broad and Marietta streets in the Fairlie-Poplar district of downtown Atlanta. Completed in 1901 as the Empire Building, it was the first steel-frame structure in the city.
The building was the tallest in Atlanta until 1906, when it was surpassed in height by the Candler Building. Architects Morgan & Dillon and Hentz, Adler & Shutze designed the structure, which was eventually added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
It has served various purposes over the decades. In 1972, it was named the Citizens & Southern National Bank Building. The ground floor currently houses a full-service Bank of America branch, while the rest of the building houses the business school of Georgia State University.
The building has also appeared on the big screen. It doubled as the Illinois First Federal Savings & Loan association building in the 2016 film The Founder and serves as a bank in the opening robbery scene in the 2025 film The Naked Gun.
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Written by Kyle McLonely
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