{{Short description|High-rise office building located in Dayton, Ohio}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox building |name = STRATACACHE Tower | status = Complete |image = Stratacache Tower, Main Street and 2nd Street, Dayton, OH.jpg |image_size = 200px |location = Dayton, Ohio USA |coordinates = {{coord|39.760964|-84.191408|region:US-OH|display=inline,title}} |groundbreaking_date = April 9, 1969 |completion_date = 1970 |architect = Lorenz+Williams, Inc. |cost =$15,000,000 |floor_count = 30 |floor_area = {{convert|45,162|sqm|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Kettering Tower|url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/kettering-tower/9483|website=Skyscraper Center|publisher=CTBUH|accessdate=2017-07-15}}</ref> |references = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/128325 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307023420/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/128325 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 128325 |work=Emporis}}</ref><ref name="Towering"/> |building_type = Office |roof = {{convert|124|m|ft}} |website = {{URL|https://stratacachetower.com/}} }}
'''STRATACACHE Tower''', also known as '''Kettering Tower''', is a high-rise office building located in Dayton, Ohio. STRATACACHE Tower was built in 1970 and is currently the tallest building in the city. Lorenz Williams Inc. was the firm responsible for construction of the building. STRATACACHE Tower has 30 floors and is 124 meters or 405 feet tall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=ketteringtower-dayton-oh-usa|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729061625/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=ketteringtower-dayton-oh-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 29, 2012|title=Kettering Tower Information|accessdate=2009-01-18}}</ref> STRATACACHE Tower has its own zip code: 45423.
==History== The building opened for business in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theketteringtower.com/overview.asp |title=History of Kettering Tower |accessdate=2009-03-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615011438/http://www.theketteringtower.com/overview.asp |archivedate=2009-06-15 }}</ref> The property was originally named '''Winters Bank Tower''' and served as the headquarters for Winters Bank. After Bank One, which was headquartered in Columbus, acquired Winters Bank, the building owner, Virginia Kettering, the daughter-in-law of inventor Charles F. Kettering, changed the name to Kettering Tower.<ref name="Towering">{{cite news |url=http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/news/local/towering-over-dayton/nnkk3/ |title=Towering Over Dayton| last=Powell |first=Lisa |publisher=Dayton Daily News |accessdate=2015-05-12| date=2015-06-10}}</ref>
In 2005, a New York investment firm, Kettering Tower Partners LLC, bought the Kettering Tower for $21.9 million, or $45.63 per square foot.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2005/05/02/daily21.html|title=Dayton Business Journal Article|accessdate=2009-03-04 | first=Caleb|last=Stephens|date=2005-05-05}}</ref> The Kettering Tower owner defaulted on the mortgage and the property was sold to Bank of America for $10.8 million at a Montgomery County Sheriff's Auction in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.whio.com/news/news/local/kettering-tower-sale-close-2-weeks/nNPtG |title=Kettering Tower sale to close in 2 weeks |last=Gnau |first=Thomas |publisher=WHIO |date=2012-02-05 |accessdate=2015-05-12}}</ref> In 2012, Albert Macanian of Dunkirk Realty, paid only $6.4 million for the property.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2014/12/09/kettering-tower-owner-wants-to-sell.html |title=Kettering Tower Owner Wants to Sell |last=Barrow | first=Olivia |publisher=Dayton Business Journal |date=2014-09-12 |accessdate=2015-05-12}}</ref> In 2019 it was sold for $13 million to STRATACACHE, which makes digital signs and monitors for restaurants and retail as well as virtual and augmented reality software for retail.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/business/records-outline-13m-sale-kettering-tower-and-land/4jbHwrDT7jcjF9Ez1LYmFP/ |title=Records outline $13M sale of Kettering Tower and land |publisher=Dayton Daily News |date=2019-02-07 |accessdate=2019-02-08}}</ref> The tower was later rebranded as STRATACACHE Tower, serving as global headquarters for the company.<ref name="Stratacache">{{cite news|url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/business/killer-views-stratacache-ceo-has-plans-for-dayton-tallest-building/CYu8V4kb0y3zhKpBFYxN2O/|title=‘Killer views’: Stratacache CEO has plans for Dayton’s tallest building|first=Thomas|last=Gnau|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|date=May 17, 2019|accessdate=October 21, 2019}}</ref>
==Restaurants and amenities== thumb|right|125px|Kettering Tower in 2015 Located in the tower was the Dayton Club, formerly the Dayton Racquet Club, which offered a fitness center and business-conducive dining and banquet facilities, but which permanently closed in 2020.<ref name="Dayton Club">{{cite news|url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/just-in-dayton-club-to-close-monday-club-owner-says/WOF4PWHBNFEMRBTKKOX3D2N3AQ/|title=Dayton Club to close permanently Monday, club owner says|first=Thomas|last=Gnau|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|date=November 25, 2020|accessdate=December 16, 2021}}</ref> On the ground floor is an optometrist and the restaurant Carmen's Deli.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theketteringtower.com/amenities.asp |title=Kettering Tower Amenities |accessdate=2009-05-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615011414/http://www.theketteringtower.com/amenities.asp |archivedate=2009-06-15 }}</ref> For many years, a large Chase Bank branch was on the second floor of the tower, but ceased operations in December 2020.<ref name="Area Banks">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dayton.com/news/breaking-two-downtown-banks-to-close/VDKKQNKWORA4BE5ENFFG6N54NI/|title=2 area banks to close downtown Dayton branches|first=Thomas|last=Gnau|date=October 7, 2020|accessdate=June 18, 2021|publisher=Dayton.com}}</ref> In June 2021, the law firm Taft Dayton signed a deal for a 15-year lease at Stratacache Tower, with plans to renovate the building's 16th and 17th floors to increase its office space, as well as opening a 3,900 foot Taft Center on the building's first floor, intended for use for meetings, conferences and events, serving as a gathering space for the local community.<ref name="Taft">{{Cite web|url=https://dayton247now.com/news/local/law-firm-inks-deal-in-daytons-largest-office-tower|title=Law firm inks deal in Dayton's largest office tower|date=June 18, 2021|accessdate=June 18, 2021|publisher=Dayton 24/7 Now}}</ref>
==Current tenants== The tenant roster includes the offices of many prominent companies, including: * Taft Stettinius & Hollister * Pickrel Schaeffer & Ebeling * Rogers & Greenberg * Thorn Lewis + Duncan, Inc. CPA's * Bailey Cavalieri LLC * Tenet3 * Premier Retail Networks
==See also== *List of tallest buildings in Dayton, Ohio
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://stratacachetower.com/ STRATACACHE Tower]
Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Dayton, Ohio Category:Office buildings completed in 1970 Category:International Style architecture in Ohio
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