{{Short description|Complex of three historically renovated 1930-completed high-rises located in Cleveland}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox building |name = Landmark Office Towers |image = Terminal Tower Blue Skies.jpg |image_size = 200px |image_caption = Photograph of [[Terminal Tower]] and the Landmark Office Towers (in the foreground) |former_names = Midland Building, Republic Building, Guildhall Building, Medical Arts Building |location = 101 Prospect Avenue [[Cleveland]], Ohio 44114 United States |building_type = Office |coordinates = {{Coord|type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |floor_count = 22 |construction_start_date = 1928 |completion_date = 1930 |roof = {{convert|78.94|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |architect = [[Graham, Anderson, Probst & White]] }} The '''Landmark Office Towers''' is a complex of three historically renovated 1930-completed 259 foot 22 story [[high-rise]]s that are located on the property of [[Tower City Center]] in Downtown Cleveland's [[Public Square (Cleveland)|Public Square]] district.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=5380 |title=Landmark Office Towers |website=SkyscraperPage |access-date=2015-09-08}}</ref> The building features very deep recesses on its south side. Actually, the building is three towers in one. These are the Midland Bank Building, the Medical Arts Building, and the Builders Exchange Building. The complex was to include a fourth tower that was never completed and so there is still an empty space where that tower was to go to the present day.<ref>{{cite web |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128151304/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/121747/landmark-office-towers-cleveland-oh-usa |archive-date=Jan 28, 2016 |title=Landmark Office Towers |access-date=2015-09-08 |website=EMPORIS |url=http://www.emporis.com/buildings/121747/landmark-office-towers-cleveland-oh-usa }}</ref>
==Construction== The towers are the 1920s example of what architects thought future buildings would look like as defined by the [[art deco architecture|art deco]] movement. They were built at a time when Cleveland's population had reach nearly a million and so there was a demand for more and more office space in the city's central business district.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027/tab16.txt |title=Table 16. Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places: 1930 |access-date= 2015-09-08 |website=U.S. Bureau of the Census |date=June 15, 1998 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124434/https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027/tab16.txt |archive-date= Sep 24, 2015 }}</ref> It was hoped by the developers, the railroad and real estate magnates [[Van Sweringen Brothers]], that the buildings would serve this need therefore they invested some $20 million in the project.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.landmarkofficetowers.com/history.htm |title=History of Landmark Office Towers |access-date= 2015-09-08 |website=Landmark Office Towers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081028/http://www.landmarkofficetowers.com/history.htm |archive-date= Mar 4, 2016 }}</ref> The towers still sit on some of the most expensive and prized land in the city, making them a vital magnet for Cleveland big business. This can be exemplified by the fact the [[Fortune 500|''Fortune'' 500]] [[Sherwin-Williams]] calls the complex home, having purchased the three buildings in 1985.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://excellence.sherwin.com/history_timeline.html |title=History Timeline |access-date=2015-09-08 |website=The Center of Excellence |publisher=The Sherwin-Williams Company |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151026071537/http://excellence.sherwin.com/history_timeline.html |archive-date= Oct 26, 2015 }}</ref> The 1.2 million sq ft complex was purchased by Billionaire [[Dan Gilbert]]'s Bedrock group in 2023, prior to Sherwin-Williams's planned move to [[Sherwin-Williams Headquarters|a new building]] on Public Square in late 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-30 |title=Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock buys Sherwin-Williams’ current HQ |url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/06/dan-gilberts-bedrock-buys-sherwin-williams-current-hq.html |website=cleveland.com |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510002130/https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/06/dan-gilberts-bedrock-buys-sherwin-williams-current-hq.html |archive-date= May 10, 2024 }}</ref>
==See also== * [[List of tallest buildings in Cleveland]] * [[Downtown Cleveland]]
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[[Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Cleveland]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Cleveland]] [[Category:Art Deco skyscrapers]] [[Category:Office buildings completed in 1930]]