The AECOM Building,[1] formerly known as the Penton Media Building, and the Bond Court Building,[2] is a commercial high-rise building in Cleveland, Ohio. The building rises 253 feet (77 m) in Downtown Cleveland.[3] It contains 21 floors, and was completed in 1972.[4] The AECOM Building currently stands as the 29th-tallest building in the city, tied in rank with the Ohio Savings Plaza and Ameritech Center. The architectural firm who designed the building was Skidmore, Owings and Merrill,[3] who also designed Chicago's Willis Tower and Dubai's Burj Khalifa. The building is a part of the Bond Court complex.[4] The Bond Court area used to contain nightclubs and bars but was cleared in the 1960s to 1970s for the office block and the Westin Hotel Cleveland.
| AECOM Building | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 1300 East 9th Street, Cleveland, Ohio United States |
| Coordinates | 41°30′14.64″N 81°41′26.21″W / 41.5040667°N 81.6906139°W |
| Opening | 1972 |
| Owner | Optima International LLC |
| Height | |
| Roof | 253 ft (77 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 21 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
| Developer | Tishman Construction Corporation |
The modernist tower served as the world headquarters of Penton Media from 2000 until the company's merger with Prism Business Media.[5] Penton Media signed a 10-year lease agreement to occupy the building in 2000; in the process, the building was also renamed from the "Bond Court Building" to the "Penton Media Building".[2]
In 2010, Optima International LLC bought the Penton Building, they own the One Cleveland Center building diagonally across the street from the Penton Building. Optima is a Miami-based real estate investment firm led by Chaim Schochet and 2/3rd owned by the Privat Group, one of Ukraine's largest business and banking groups.[6]
In early 2016, the design and construction firm AECOM, following its acquisition of URS Corporation, merged three of its Downtown Cleveland offices together on the fourth, fifth, and a portion of the sixth floor of the Penton Media Building. AECOM also purchased branding rights, changing the name from Penton Media Building to AECOM Building.[1]
The AECOM Building is similar in appearance to New York City's One Liberty Plaza and Chicago's Richard J. Daley Center.
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edit- ^ a b "Former Penton building in downtown Cleveland will be home to AECOM". Crain's Cleveland Business. 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
- ^ a b "Penton Media Announces Corporate Headquarters Will Relocate to Bond Court Building; Lease Agreement Includes Naming Rights". Cleveland Business Wire. 2000-01-07. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ^ a b "Penton Media Building". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2006. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Penton Media Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ^ "Penton Media". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ^ Cleveland Plain Dealer: "The most important guy you've never heard of: Chaim Schochet, 25, builds downtown Cleveland empire" By Michelle Jarboe McFee February 04, 2012
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