Great American Tower at Queen City Square

Coordinates: 39°05′59″N 84°30′26″W / 39.09983°N 84.507185°W / 39.09983; -84.507185
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Great American Tower
at Queen City Square
Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum)
DeveloperWestern & Southern Financial Group
Main contractorTurner Construction
Website
www.queencitysquare.com/great-american-tower
References
[1][3][4]

The Great American Tower at Queen City Square, is a 41-story, 667-foot-tall (203 m)

Great American Insurance Company. As of 2015, it is the third-tallest building in the state of Ohio, the tallest outside of Cleveland, and the tallest building in Cincinnati.[6]

Background

Western & Southern had promoted the idea of constructing a tower for 20 years following the last construction boom in Downtown Cincinnati. In 2002 the project was revived.[7] Plans called for a tower with over 800,000 sq ft (74,000 m2) of office space. When the tower opened in 2011, it was 660 ft (200 m), ending the Carew Tower's 81-year reign as the tallest building in Cincinnati. While the Great American Tower is 91 ft (28 m) taller than the Carew Tower, the latter building's roof is 79 ft (24 m) taller than the roof of the Great American Tower.[8] The building was reviewed and approved by the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority which determined whether its parameters conformed to the outline in the Cincinnati 2000 plan for downtown including a final approval by Cincinnati City Council on May 30, 2014.[5][9]

Great American Insurance Group skyscraper from Great American Ball Park

Tenants include American Financial Group,[10] law firms Frost Brown Todd and Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, along with the property's owner-developer Western & Southern Financial Group.[11] The majority of Western & Southern's space is located in the 303 Broadway portion of the complex.[citation needed]

Design

The building's architect,

Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum remarking to Gyo when he first saw the picture.[8] The building is constructed of glass and aluminum.[8] The ground floor lobby interiors were designed by FRCH Design Worldwide. It has met with approval from Sue Ann Painter, author of Architecture in Cincinnati (Ohio University Press, 2006), who believes the skyscraper's headdress recalls the iconic Chrysler Building. She says that the building is somewhat conservative, but pays homage to the other skyscrapers in Cincinnati.[8] Jay Chatterjee, a former dean of the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning says that the design is similar to buildings constructed in the United States during the 1980s, that it does not break any new ground at all.[8][12]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Great American Tower at Queen City Square". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
  2. ^ a b c "Great American Tower Fact Sheet". Queen City Square. Eagle Realty Group. 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  3. ^ "Emporis building ID 137088". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  4. ^ "Great American Tower at Queen City Square". SkyscraperPage.
  5. ^ a b Jane Prendergast (June 12, 2008). "City's tallest building OK'd". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
  6. ^ Brett Coleman (2015-09-28). "What's with Great American Tower's tiara?". WCPO. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  7. ^ Keith T. Reed (December 19, 2007). "City's tallest tower to be built". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved December 26, 2007.
  8. ^ a b c d e Janelle Gelfand (December 26, 2007). "Diana's tiara inspires tower". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved December 26, 2007.
  9. ^ "Eagle, Port Authority, city to partner on Great American Building". The Business Courier of Cincinnati. May 28, 2008. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
  10. ^ Tom McKee (December 21, 2007). "Great American Anchor Tenant At Queen City Square". WCPO. Archived from the original on January 1, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2007.
  11. ^ "Great American Tower Recognized as a Top Skyscraper in the World". Press Release. December 8, 2012. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
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