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===Headquarters buildings=== In September 1977, R. J. Reynolds Industries moved the first of 1200 headquarters employees into the not-yet-completed,<ref name=New /> $40 million,<ref name=Cleghorn /><ref name=Wake /> 519,000-square-foot<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/16/business/company-news-rjr-nabisco-plans-to-move.html|title=RJR Nabisco Plans to Move|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=1987-01-16|access-date=2012-03-20}}</ref> [[glass]] and [[steel]] World Headquarters Building<ref name=Cleghorn>John Cleghorn, "RJR's Farewell Present: Division Moving to Winston-Salem," ''The Charlotte Observer'', July 17, 1987.</ref><ref name=Wake>"Wake Forest Debates Use of RJR Gift," ''The Charlotte Observer'', February 7, 1987.</ref> being built across Reynolds Boulevard from the Whitaker Park plant.<ref name=empty>Richard Craver, "For use: a lot of empty space," ''Winston-Salem Journal'', May 30, 2010.</ref> At the same time, the company had plans for a new skyscraper downtown.<ref name=New>"RJR Moving Into New Headquarters," ''[[Twin City Sentinel]]'', September 14, 1977.</ref> The current headquarters, the [[RJR Plaza Building]], is 16 stories tall and was completed in 1982 adjacent to the original 1929 Reynolds Building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=rjrplazabuilding-winstonsalem-nc-usa|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903140432/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=rjrplazabuilding-winstonsalem-nc-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 3, 2012|title=RJR Plaza Building|publisher=[[Emporis]]|access-date=2009-12-03}}</ref> The tobacco company moved its headquarters to RJR Plaza in 1982, and the 1929 building continued to be used for some company offices until 2009;<ref name="sale">{{cite news|url=http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/nov/23/home-of-rjr-on-the-market/news/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20091125102727/http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/nov/23/home-of-rjr-on-the-market/news/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-11-25|title=Home of RJR on the market|work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]]|last=Craver|first=Richard|date=2009-11-23|access-date=2009-11-23}}</ref> the older building stood vacant<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2008/oct/06/rj-reynolds-tobacco-move-out-historic-building-ar-133534/|title=R.J. Reynolds Tobacco to move out of historic building|work=The [[Winston-Salem Journal]]|date=2008-10-06|access-date=2012-03-27}}</ref> until new owners in 2014 began the process to convert it to a hotel.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.news-record.com/news/article_323fa137-927a-5e6f-b79a-9bc6ac32d206.html|title=Former R.J. Reynolds headquarters sold for $7.8 million |last=Craver|first=Richard|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=2014-05-22|access-date=2014-05-22}}</ref> With the parent company (renamed [[RJR Nabisco]] in 1985 after merging with Nabisco) planning to move its headquarters to [[Atlanta]] in September 1987, the company donated the World Headquarters Building to Wake Forest University in January 1987, and in July of that year, the company voted to move its [[Planters]]-[[Life Savers]] division to one-third of that building.<ref name=Cleghorn /><ref name=Wake /> In May 1999, [[Truist Financial|BB&T]] bought what was then called the [[Nissen Building|First Union Building]] for $2.5 million from [[Aon Corporation|Aon Consulting Inc.]], which moved about 400 employees to the former headquarters building which was called University Corporate Center.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/truist-departing-downtown-tower-will-test-city-s-ability-to/article_28542c79-0e28-507b-a590-f80ad48df9a1.html|title=Truist departing downtown tower will test city's ability to breathe new life into buildings|last=Craver|first=Richard|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=March 9, 2020|access-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref> In 2010, the building's tenants were Aon, BB&T, and [[PepsiCo]].<ref name=empty /> On November 1 of that year, Pepsi announced 195 new jobs and a $7.5 million expansion of University Corporate Center, with BB&T moving two of its operations to Reynolds Business Center.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wake asks help of city|last=Craver|first=Richard|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=2010-12-12|page=A6}}</ref> Aon and Pepsi remained the primary occupants in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Philanthropy stretches across city's landscape|last=Craver|first=Richard|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=2015-01-08|page=A1}}</ref>
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