Key Tower

Coordinates: 41°30′04″N 81°41′37″W / 41.50111°N 81.69361°W / 41.50111; -81.69361
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This article is about Key Tower in Cleveland, Ohio. For the Seattle building known as Key Tower from 1994 to 2004, see Seattle Municipal Tower. For the Seattle building known as Key Tower from 1987 to 1994, see 1000 Second Avenue.
Key Tower
Richard E. Jacobs Group
Structural engineerSkilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire
Website
keytowerohio.com
References
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Key Tower (formerly known as Society Center) is a

165th-tallest in the world.[3] The building reaches 57 stories or 947 feet (289 m) to the top of its spire, and it is visible from up to 20 miles (32 km) away. The tower contains about 1.5 million square feet (139,355 m²) of office space.[4]

Key Tower's anchor tenant is

Midwest United States
outside of Chicago.

In October 2008, Wells Real Estate Funds purchased Key Center,[6] including Key Tower, Marriott at Key Center, Society for Savings Building, and the underground Memorial Plaza Garage. Key Tower was subsequently acquired by The Millennia Companies in 2017. The purchase price was $267.5 million.[7]

History

It was originally built as the Society Center and was the headquarters for Cleveland-based Society Corporation. Society had recently acquired AmeriTrust and canceled AmeriTrust's plans for an even taller (61-story)[8] building on Public Square. Its opening ended the Terminal Tower's 60-year reign as the tallest building in Ohio.

It was renamed Key Tower after Society merged with KeyCorp and took the KeyCorp name. Indeed, it was decided to make Cleveland the headquarters for the new KeyCorp because it was felt the then-Society Center was more commensurate with the merged bank's status as a major bank. Pelli originally intended its design for the Norwest Center in Minneapolis, but a late change to the site led to Pelli designing a new tower for it.

Key Tower was developed by the

Richard E. Jacobs Group.[6]

When Society Center was completed in 1991 by

Comcast Center in Philadelphia assumed this distinction in 2007. The Chamber of Commerce Building stood on the tower's site from 1898 to 1955.[9]

F-111, James Rosenquist's large pop art painting, hung in the tower's lobby until building owner Richard Jacobs sold it to the Museum of Modern Art in 1996. He replaced it in 1998 with Songs for Sale, a mural by artist David Salle.[10] In October 2005, Key Bank installed four 15-foot (4.6 m) long illuminated logos at the base of the tower's crowning pyramid. Each sign weighs 1,500 pounds (680 kg).

A smaller-scale building was proposed by Pelli to be built in Hartford, Connecticut, during the late 1980s, but the plan was ultimately canceled.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Key Tower - The Skyscraper Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  2. ^ Jarboe, Michelle (2017-01-31). "Key Tower returns to local ownership, with $267.5 million sale to Millennia Companies". The Plain Dealer. Archived from the original on 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  3. ^ "The World's Tallest Buildings | Statistics | EMPORIS". www.emporis.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  4. ^ "Society Center". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. 1997-07-22. Archived from the original on 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  5. ^ "BakerHostetler plans move to Key Tower from PNC Center in 2016". Cleveland.com. 3 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  6. ^ a b Jarboe, Michelle (2009-04-21). "Jacobs Group no longer owns stake in Key Center". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  7. ^ Jarboe, Michelle (February 2017). "Key Tower returns to local ownership, with $267.5 million sale to Millennia Companies (photos)". cleveland.com. The Plain Dealer. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  8. World Almanac
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  9. ^ "Chamber of Commerce Building". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Archived from the original on 2006-09-07. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
  10. ^ Litt, Steven. "Salle Mural Quietly Fills Key Tower Void", The Plain Dealer. March 22, 1998.
  11. ^ "Key Tower". Emporis. Archived from the original on 2022-05-05. Retrieved 2009-08-22.

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