Oswald Tower (building)

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Oswald Tower
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Oswald Tower (building)
Former names
  • Flats East Bank Tower
  • Ernst & Young Tower
General information
TypeOffice
Location950 Main Street
Cleveland, Ohio
United States
Construction started2011
Completed2013
Height
Roof330 ft (100 m)
Technical details
Floor count23
Floor area480,000 sq ft (45,000 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s) Gensler
Main contractorJLJI
Other information
Public transit access Cleveland RTA logo.svg Flats East Bank

The Oswald Tower is a skyscraper in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, formerly known as the Ernst & Young Tower. [1] It stands on the east bank of the Flats completed in 2013. [2] It is an example of post-modern glass curtain and steel studded construction. The building rises 23 stories to a height of 330 feet (100 m) and offers 480,000 square feet (45,000 m2) of office space. [3]

Contents

The major tenant was previously the accounting firm Ernst & Young, which moved from the Huntington Bank Building to the new and then-namesake tower in 2013. [4] Ernst & Young traces its roots back to the firm of Ernst & Ernst, which was established in 1903 in Cleveland. E & Y moved to the North Point Tower in 2023.

Tenants

The building is also the Cleveland office of these law firms: Cleveland-based Tucker Ellis, and Columbus, Ohio-based Porter Wright Morris Arthur. [5]

In addition to these major tenants the tower was home to the former Cleveland-based metal chemical company OM Group which changed its name to Vectra in 2017 then moved its Headquarters to St. Louis, and is the Cleveland office of San Francisco-based financial corporation Wells Fargo. [6] The tower has an attached Aloft Hotels-branded hotel with 150 guest rooms and the WXYZ bar. [7]

List of tenants

(as of August 2024)

See also

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References

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