Tower East
View of the building from the northwest
View from northwest
General information
StatusCompleted
Typeoffice
Address20600 Chagrin Boulevard
Town or cityShaker Heights, Ohio
CountryUnited States
Coordinates41°27′50″N 81°32′4″W / 41.46389°N 81.53444°W / 41.46389; -81.53444
Estimated completion1969
Height
Roof160 feet (49 m)
Technical details
Floor count12[1]
Floor area173,087 square feet (16,080.3 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)The Architects' Collaborative, Walter Gropius
Other information
Parking600 covered spaces, 55 surface spaces[1]

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]

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

  1. 1 2 "20600 Chagrin Boulevard" (PDF). Playhouse Square Real Estate Services. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tower East". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  3. ↑ Bullard, Stan (May 8, 2000). "BGK adds Tower East to holdings". Crain's Cleveland Business. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/17/14 Through 2/22/14". National Park Service. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
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