One SeaGate
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Fifth Third Center at One SeaGate is the tallest building in Toledo
, Ohio
. Until 2006, the building served as the world headquarters for Owens-Illinois
. In 2007, Fifth Third Bank
moved their Northwest Ohio headquarters to the building.
The building stands 432 feet (132 m) away from the Water Street riverfront. The tower is 411 feet (125 m) tall with 33 stories, with 29 floors of office space and two floors for maintenance.<(not true) Each floor of the office tower has approximately 25000 square feet (2,322.6 m²), with 707000 square feet (65,682.4 m²) of total leasable space. The building is made up of over 9,135 tons of steel, supported by 28 caissons
, going 80 feet (24 m) down into the Earth
, and over 36000 cubic yards (27,524 m³) of concrete. The exterior of the building is covered in 293000 square feet (27,220.6 m²) of glass
, with 4,400 vision panels and 4,200 spandrel
units between floors, representing Toledo's history as the "Glass City," and O-I's presence in the glass industry.
A 294-seat auditorium is located in the tower complex with an executive parking garage immediately below it, and the building itself is connected to the CitiWalk system. Underground, there is a mini-mall
, SeaGate Shops at CitiWalk, that was left primarily vacant after the departure of O-I. When the building opened, Edwin Dodd, then O-I's Chairman and CEO, exerted his considerable influence to fill the Promenade level shops with tenants. Damschroeder's and Ricardo's Restaurant were two large tenants who were convinced to move in. The mini-mall has a small eatery area that leads to Promenade Park and Fountain Square, which features the Dimitri Hadzi sculpture, Propylaea
. The underground tunnels also connect the building to the Wyndham Hotel
(formerly Hotel Sofitel
) at Two SeaGate, Four SeaGate (the home of Fox Toledo
), a parking structure across Summit Street, and Imagination Station. The top floor accessible to occupants, the 28th, formerly included a fine restaurant that was frequented by business professionals. When the building opened, the 28th floor restaurant was an executive dining room with boardroom and meeting room facilities adjacent, for O-I senior executives whose offices were immediately below on the 27th floor. The 29th floor was exclusively mechanical. When the building opened, the 28On the service level, there are loading docks for the convenience of tenants and the management of the building. The building is owned by One SeaGate Partners, LLC, an affiliate of Amtrust Realty.
, where the company already owned a large facility. The company stated they were not necessarily hurting the area's economy, as they were moving a short drive south. Fellow glassmaker Owens Corning
still keeps its world headquarters in downtown Toledo. Toledoans often refer to One SeaGate as "the O-I building."
On January 23, 2007, it was announced that the Northwest Ohio offices for Fifth Third Bank
would be moving into OneSeaGate. Under the new terms, the building would be renamed: "Fifth Third Center at One SeaGate." Fifth Third signage will be put on the top of the skyscraper, as the company has done with their locations elsewhere. The move lets the company move all of its offices to one location, removing the need for the company's current Monroe Street offices. The company has said that it will not occupy the top floors, including the prestigious offices of the O-I executives because renovation would cost too much. Fifth Third will rent out at least six floors for about $20 per square foot, as opposed to the $16 dollar charge at their current Madison Avenue location, the bank's Northwest Ohio home since 1931, at which they will keep a branch.
Current tenants include:
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Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
. Until 2006, the building served as the world headquarters for Owens-Illinois
Owens-Illinois
Owens-Illinois Inc. is a Fortune 500 company that specializes in container glass products. It is one of the world's leading manufacturers of packaging products, holding the position of largest manufacturer of glass containers in North America, South America, Asia-Pacific and Europe...
. In 2007, Fifth Third Bank
Fifth Third Bank
Fifth Third Bank is a U.S. regional banking corporation, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and is the principal subsidiary of holding company Fifth Third Bancorp ....
moved their Northwest Ohio headquarters to the building.
Building features
Costing $100 million, One SeaGate was built as the centerpiece of the SeaGate project in downtown Toledo. Groundbreaking took place in May 1979, and was officially dedicated in June 1982. The architects were Abramovitz, Harris & Kingsland.The building stands 432 feet (132 m) away from the Water Street riverfront. The tower is 411 feet (125 m) tall with 33 stories, with 29 floors of office space and two floors for maintenance.<(not true) Each floor of the office tower has approximately 25000 square feet (2,322.6 m²), with 707000 square feet (65,682.4 m²) of total leasable space. The building is made up of over 9,135 tons of steel, supported by 28 caissons
Caisson (engineering)
In geotechnical engineering, a caisson is a retaining, watertight structure used, for example, to work on the foundations of a bridge pier, for the construction of a concrete dam, or for the repair of ships. These are constructed such that the water can be pumped out, keeping the working...
, going 80 feet (24 m) down into the Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
, and over 36000 cubic yards (27,524 m³) of concrete. The exterior of the building is covered in 293000 square feet (27,220.6 m²) of glass
Glass
Glass is an amorphous solid material. Glasses are typically brittle and optically transparent.The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in windows and drinking vessels, is soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silica plus Na2O, CaO, and several minor additives...
, with 4,400 vision panels and 4,200 spandrel
Spandrel
A spandrel, less often spandril or splaundrel, is the space between two arches or between an arch and a rectangular enclosure....
units between floors, representing Toledo's history as the "Glass City," and O-I's presence in the glass industry.
A 294-seat auditorium is located in the tower complex with an executive parking garage immediately below it, and the building itself is connected to the CitiWalk system. Underground, there is a mini-mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
, SeaGate Shops at CitiWalk, that was left primarily vacant after the departure of O-I. When the building opened, Edwin Dodd, then O-I's Chairman and CEO, exerted his considerable influence to fill the Promenade level shops with tenants. Damschroeder's and Ricardo's Restaurant were two large tenants who were convinced to move in. The mini-mall has a small eatery area that leads to Promenade Park and Fountain Square, which features the Dimitri Hadzi sculpture, Propylaea
Propylaea (sculpture)
Propylaea is a sculpture/fountain on the Maumee River, in downtown Toledo, Ohio.-About:In the early 1980s, Owens-Illinois was building their new world headquarters at One SeaGate. As a gift to the city, the company commissioned Dimitri Hadzi to design a sculpture to stand as the centerpiece of the...
. The underground tunnels also connect the building to the Wyndham Hotel
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts is a group of chains of hotels and resorts located mainly in the United States and Canada, but also in Mexico and the Caribbean.-History:...
(formerly Hotel Sofitel
Sofitel
Sofitel is a luxury hotel chain managed by Accor, which opened its first property in Strasbourg in 1964. Its first overseas opening in Minneapolis, USA was in 1974. In 1995 Sofitel had 100 hotels in 40 countries and employed 12500 people....
) at Two SeaGate, Four SeaGate (the home of Fox Toledo
WUPW
WUPW is the Fox-affiliated television station for Northwestern Ohio that is licensed to Toledo. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 46 from a transmitter in Oregon. Owned by the LIN TV Corporation, the station has studios at Four SeaGate on North Summit Street in Downtown...
), a parking structure across Summit Street, and Imagination Station. The top floor accessible to occupants, the 28th, formerly included a fine restaurant that was frequented by business professionals. When the building opened, the 28th floor restaurant was an executive dining room with boardroom and meeting room facilities adjacent, for O-I senior executives whose offices were immediately below on the 27th floor. The 29th floor was exclusively mechanical. When the building opened, the 28On the service level, there are loading docks for the convenience of tenants and the management of the building. The building is owned by One SeaGate Partners, LLC, an affiliate of Amtrust Realty.
"The O-I Building"
Until 2006 the world headquarters for Owens-Illinois were at One Seagate. At that time the headquarters were moved to the Levis Commons complex in the nearby suburb of Perrysburg, OhioPerrysburg, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,945 people, 6,592 households, and 4,561 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,899.2 people per square mile . There were 6,964 housing units at an average density of 780.5 per square mile...
, where the company already owned a large facility. The company stated they were not necessarily hurting the area's economy, as they were moving a short drive south. Fellow glassmaker Owens Corning
Owens Corning
Owens Corning Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass and related products. It was formed in 1935 as a partnership between two major American glassworks, Corning Glass Works and Owens-Illinois. The company was spun off as a separate entity on November 1, 1938...
still keeps its world headquarters in downtown Toledo. Toledoans often refer to One SeaGate as "the O-I building."
Fifth Third Bankcorp
On January 23, 2007, it was announced that the Northwest Ohio offices for Fifth Third Bank
Fifth Third Bank
Fifth Third Bank is a U.S. regional banking corporation, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and is the principal subsidiary of holding company Fifth Third Bancorp ....
would be moving into OneSeaGate. Under the new terms, the building would be renamed: "Fifth Third Center at One SeaGate." Fifth Third signage will be put on the top of the skyscraper, as the company has done with their locations elsewhere. The move lets the company move all of its offices to one location, removing the need for the company's current Monroe Street offices. The company has said that it will not occupy the top floors, including the prestigious offices of the O-I executives because renovation would cost too much. Fifth Third will rent out at least six floors for about $20 per square foot, as opposed to the $16 dollar charge at their current Madison Avenue location, the bank's Northwest Ohio home since 1931, at which they will keep a branch.
Tenants
- Fifth Third BankFifth Third BankFifth Third Bank is a U.S. regional banking corporation, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and is the principal subsidiary of holding company Fifth Third Bancorp ....
, the building's prime tenant - CB Richard Ellis|Reichle Klein
- PricewaterhouseCoopersPricewaterhouseCoopersPricewaterhouseCoopers is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest professional services firm measured by revenues and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms....
- Ernst & YoungErnst & YoungErnst & Young is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers ....
- WachoviaWachoviaWachovia was a diversified financial services company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before its acquisition by Wells Fargo in 2008, Wachovia was the fourth-largest bank holding company in the United States based on total assets...
- Arcadis, U.S.
- Eastman & Smith Ltd.
- Kingston Health Care
- Emch, Shaffer, Schaub
- Reminger & Reminger
- Gressley, Kaplan, & Parker
- Roetzel & Andres
- HCR Manorcare CBO
- Findley Davies
- Stockwell & Cooperman
- Learnshare
- Fahlgren
- Social Security Administration, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
See also
- Toledo, OhioToledo, OhioToledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
- PropylaeaPropylaea (sculpture)Propylaea is a sculpture/fountain on the Maumee River, in downtown Toledo, Ohio.-About:In the early 1980s, Owens-Illinois was building their new world headquarters at One SeaGate. As a gift to the city, the company commissioned Dimitri Hadzi to design a sculpture to stand as the centerpiece of the...
- Owens-IllinoisOwens-IllinoisOwens-Illinois Inc. is a Fortune 500 company that specializes in container glass products. It is one of the world's leading manufacturers of packaging products, holding the position of largest manufacturer of glass containers in North America, South America, Asia-Pacific and Europe...
- Fifth Third BankFifth Third BankFifth Third Bank is a U.S. regional banking corporation, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and is the principal subsidiary of holding company Fifth Third Bancorp ....
External links
- One SeaGate Website
- Article about signage at the top of the building
- Fifth Third announces move to One SeaGate
- Fifth Third Bank
- CB Richard Ellis|Reichle Klein
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