Trust Estate who filed for bankruptcy from the Silver Thursday debacle in the late 80s. After Chapter 11 was filed, ownership of the building was transferred to Equitable Life Assurance in September 1988 that later sold their interest in the building to the State of Alaska in 1997 for $27 million. Namesake The building was originally named after the original owner Nelson Bunker Hunt as the Hunt Building. It was renamed the Enserch Center in September 1985 and later renamed again as the Bank of America Center. Most recently it was named after Robert Bruce Atwood, an Alaska statehood activist and Anchorage Times editor and publisher. See also Conoco-Phillips Building List of tallest buildings in Anchorage Nelson Bunker Hunt References 1983 establishments in Alaska Office buildings completed in 1983 Skyscrapers in Anchorage, Alaska Skyscraper office buildings in Alaska