1717 East Ninth Building

1717 East Ninth Building
Former names	Tishman Building East Ohio Gas Building East Ohio Building
General information
Status	Complete
Type	High-rise
Architectural style	International
Classification	Residential
Location	Nine-Twelve District
Address	1717 East 9th Street
Town or city	Cleveland, Ohio
Country	United States
Current tenants	Residences at 1717 (K&D Properties)
Construction started	1958 (1958)
Completed	1959 (1959)
Opened	1959 (1959)
Owner	Sovereign Partners, LLC
Height
Architectural	275 feet (84 m)
Roof	275 feet (84 m)
Technical details
Floor count	21
Grounds	346,500 square feet (32,190 m2)
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Emery Roth & Sons
Main contractor	Tishman Realty & Construction Co.
Renovating team
Renovating firm	Tishman Properties
Other information
Parking	600-car parking garage, attached
The East Ohio Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Cleveland, Ohio
Built	1959 (1959)
Architect	Emery Roth & Sons
Architectural style	International
NRHP Reference #	12001212
Designated	January 23, 2013 (2013-01-23)

1717 East Ninth Building, also known as the East Ohio Building, is a skyscraper in Downtown Cleveland, 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. It is currently the 24th tallest building in Cleveland, at 275 feet (84 meters).

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

Plans announced March 22, 2012 indicate that the tower will be converted to 223 apartments, eliminating a huge vacancy in the central business district and meeting strong demand for new living space. It will then become the tallest fully residential building in Cleveland, Ohio.

The K & D Group of Willoughby, Ohio recently signed a contract to buy the 21-story building. Apartments will fill that void by early 2014, if K&D succeeds in securing tax credits and other financing for its $65 million project.

K&D said it would open the first of 223 apartments in the downtown building in July 2014 and should finish the $65 million conversion by August 2015.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Cleveland

External links

• Residences at 1717
• Emporis: 1717 East Ninth Building