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1717 East Ninth Building

Skyscraper in Downtown Cleveland

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name	1717 East Ninth Building
image	East Ohio Building.jpg
image_size	250px
map_type	Ohio
map_dot_label	1717 E. 9th Building
relief	yes
former_names
status	completed
building_type	High-rise
architectural_style	International
classification	Residential
location	Nine-Twelve District
address	1717 East 9th Street
location_city	Cleveland, Ohio
location_country	United States
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current_tenants	Residences at 1717
(K & D Properties)
start_date
completion_date
opened_date
demolition_date
owner	Sovereign Partners, LLC
architectural	275 ft
roof	275 ft
floor_count	21
grounds_area	346,500 sqft
architecture_firm	Emery Roth & Sons
main_contractor	Tishman Realty & Construction Co.
ren_firm	Tishman Properties
rooms
parking	600-car parking garage, attached
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name	The East Ohio Building
location	Cleveland, Ohio
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architect	Emery Roth & Sons
architecture	International
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(K & D Properties)

1717 East Ninth Building, also known as the East Ohio Building, is a skyscraper in Downtown Cleveland, the U.S. state of Ohio's emerging Nine-Twelve District. Completed in 1959, it was one of the first modernist high-rises in Cleveland, along with the Illuminating Building, standing at 275 ft.

History

It was designed by Emery Roth and Sons of New York City. Tishman Properties also of New York City was the developer. Ground was broken in March 1958 and in April 1959 it opened to the public. There is a 600-car parking garage attached to the tower. It was built on the site of the old Greyhound bus station, after Greyhound built a new bus terminal on Superior Avenue a few blocks away from the East Ohio Building in 1948.

East Ohio Gas, Cleveland's natural gas supplier, occupied the tower until its merger with Richmond, Virginia-based Dominion Resources. On the lobby level, East Ohio had a customer pay center and exhibits of the benefits of natural gas appliances. In addition, they had a meter showing how much natural gas was supplied to Cleveland.

On November 22, 2006, the largely vacant building was bought by New York City-based Sovereign Partners, LLC for around $12 million. The buying group planned on making certain improvements to the building, the details were announced in early 2007. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on January 23, 2013.

Conversion to apartments

In March 2012, the K & D Group of Willoughby, Ohio announced that it had signed a contract to buy the 21-story tower and planned to convert it to 223 apartments, making it the tallest fully residential building in Cleveland. As reported in 2012 and 2013, K & D then planned, contingent on tax credits and other financing, to open the first of 223 apartments in July 2014 and to finish the $65 million conversion by August 2015.

References

(February 1, 2013). "Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 01/22/13 through 01/25/13". [[National Park Service]].
link. (2016-03-03 The Plain Dealer, Business week in review, November 26, 2006. Accessed November 26, 2006.)
McFee, Michelle Jarboe. (March 22, 2012). "K&D Group plans to buy, remake East Ohio Building in downtown Cleveland as 223 apartments by 2014". [[The Plain Dealer]].
(September 11, 2013). "K&D Group ready to convert former East Ohio Gas Building to apartments".

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