The Chase Financial Plaza is a 1991-built 14 story 165 foot

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office building on the

Tower City Center Tower City Center is a large mixed-use facility in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, in its Public Square, Cleveland, Public Square. The facility is composed of a number of interconnected office buildings, including Terminal Tower, the Skylight Park mi ...

property of

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. The

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building was erected in 1991 when

Forest City Enterprises Forest City Realty Trust, Inc., formerly Forest City Enterprises, was a real estate investment trust that invested in office buildings, shopping centers and apartments in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and the great ...

sought to improve the leasing power of the eventual opening of Tower City Center in 1991 which was commenced by Forest City acquiring the ionic Cleveland Union Terminal Group in 1982. The tower's squat appearance is deceiving in the fact that it contains 200,000 square feet of office space. The building closely mirrors its counterpart tower on the other side of the Tower City mall property at West 3rd. Both these structures were built on top of one solid concrete platform that remained from a skyscraper unbuilt in the 1930s It offers views of the Cleveland skyline and the

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. It was one of the first successful mixed-use buildings in the city of Cleveland. This allows it to cater to many different types of tenants.

Ritz-Carlton Hotel

The CFP tower also contains the 205-room

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. The addition of the Chase, the Skylight Office Tower and

itself revitalized the dead space near the Terminus point. In 2011, the Rock Ventures group, owned and headed by

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owner

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acquired the Ritz-Carlton for a sum close to $27 million from Forest City which has been shedding its Cleveland properties.

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{{Tower City Center Skyscraper office buildings in Cleveland Buildings and structures in Cleveland Skyscraper hotels in Cleveland RTKL Associates buildings Office buildings completed in 1991 Tower City Center

Ritz-Carlton Hotel

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