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Fifth Third Center at One SeaGate is the tallest building in Toledo and Northwest Ohio. It is the tallest building between Chicago and Cleveland, and Cincinnati and Detroit. Until 2006, the building served as the world headquarters for Owens-Illinois.〔(University of Toledo - Owens Illinois, Today and Tomorrow )〕 In 2007, Fifth Third Bank moved their Northwest Ohio headquarters to the building.The Buildings name comes from the Plaza it is located which includes three other small buildings the tallest,which is only nine floors,the plaza also includes the entrance to a near-abandoned mall which leads to Imagination Station.Also the fact that there is no beach on the Maumee River allows buildings to be on the edge-a trait used by One-Seagate. and other buildings including Promedicas Downtown Offices,Promenade Park,The Toledo Port Authority,Owens-Corning and Imagination Station == Building features == Costing $100 million,〔 〕 One SeaGate was built as the centerpiece of the SeaGate project in downtown Toledo. Groundbreaking took place in May 1979, and was officially dedicated in June 1982. The architects were Abramovitz, Harris & Kingsland. The building stands away from the Water Street riverfront. The tower is 411 feet (125 m) tall with 33 stories, with 29 floors of office space and two floors for maintenance. Each floor of the office tower has approximately , with of total leasable space.〔 The building is made up of over 9,135 tons of steel, supported by 28 caissons, going down into the Earth, and over of concrete. The exterior of the building is covered in of glass, with 4,400 vision panels and 4,200 spandrel units between floors, representing Toledo's history as the "Glass City," and O-I's presence in the glass industry. A 294-seat auditorium is located in the tower complex with an executive parking garage immediately below it, and the building itself is connected to the CitiWalk system. Underground, there is a mini-mall, SeaGate Shops at CitiWalk, that was left primarily vacant after the departure of O-I. When the building opened, Edwin Dodd, then O-I's Chairman and CEO, exerted his considerable influence to fill the Promenade level shops with tenants. Damschroeder's and Ricardo's Restaurant were two large tenants who were convinced to move in. The mini-mall has a small eatery area that leads to Promenade Park and Fountain Square, which features the Dimitri Hadzi sculpture, Propylaea. The underground tunnels also connect the building to the Grand Plaza Hotel (formerly a Wyndham, formerly Hotel Sofitel) at Two SeaGate, Four SeaGate (the former home of Fox Toledo joined WTOL in 2012 and relocated to the WTOL studio), a parking structure across Summit Street, and Imagination Station. The top floor accessible to occupants, the 28th, formerly included a fine restaurant that was frequented by business professionals. When the building opened, the 28th floor restaurant was an executive dining room with boardroom and meeting room facilities adjacent, for O-I senior executives whose offices were immediately below on the 27th floor. The 29th floor was exclusively mechanical. On the service level, there are loading docks for the convenience of tenants and the management of the building. The building is owned by One SeaGate Partners, LLC, an affiliate of Amtrust Realty.〔(CBRE Press Release Regarding the sale of One SeaGate )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「One SeaGate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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