Tower East is a high-rise office building in Shaker Heights, Ohio. At 160 feet (49 m), it is the tallest building in the city. Tower East was the last building in the United States designed by architect Walter Gropius. Gropius designed this building during his tenure with The Architect's Collaborative (TAC).[2]
| Tower East | |
|---|---|
 View from northwest | |
 | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | office |
| Address | 20600 Chagrin Boulevard |
| Town or city | Shaker Heights, Ohio |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 41°27′50″N 81°32′4″W / 41.46389°N 81.53444°W |
| Estimated completion | 1969 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 160 feet (49 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 12[1] |
| Floor area | 173,087 square feet (16,080.3 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | The Architects' Collaborative, Walter Gropius |
| Other information | |
| Parking | 600 covered spaces, 55 surface spaces[1] |
BGK Equities of Santa Fe, New Mexico, purchased the building for $12.68 million in 2000.[3] In 2015, it was sold to E2G, an affiliate of the Equity Engineering Group, Inc.[4]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "20600 Chagrin Boulevard" (PDF). Playhouse Square Real Estate Services. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
- ^ "Tower East". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ^ Bullard, Stan (May 8, 2000). "BGK adds Tower East to holdings". Crain's Cleveland Business. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
- ^ Jarboe, Michelle (November 13, 2015). "Tower East, tallest building in Shaker Heights, sells to Equity Engineering". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
- ^ "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/17/14 Through 2/22/14". National Park Service. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
External links
edit- "Emporis building ID tower-east-shaker-heights-oh-usa". Emporis. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020.
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