The buildings were all designed by noted New York architect Morris Ketchum Jr. in the Mid-century modern architectural style.
The company owned the Miami Beach Sun (1929–1971)[2] and the Jacksonville Chronicle newspapers and made movies through a subsidiary.
The firm co-financed the production of The Producers, Mel Brooks' first movie, which won an Oscar and later became a major Broadway play.
[3] At its peak, Wolfson's empire had total assets estimated at $250 million, worth $2 billion in 2025 dollars.
One of a handful of skyscrapers constructed in the South to feature a rotating roof top restaurant, it is representative of a brief period in American history when revolving roof top restaurants became popular after the Space Needle was constructed in 1962 for the World's Fair in Seattle, Washington.
Corporate offices were moved into the Universal-Marion building, and it was renamed the JEA Tower with their logo at the top.