One SeaGate

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. In 2007, Fifth Third Bank moved their Northwest Ohio headquarters to the building. The building's name comes from the plaza in which it is located, which includes three other small buildings. The tallest is only nine floors high. The plaza also includes the entrance to a near-abandoned mall which leads to Imagination Station. The fact that there is no beach on the Maumee River allows buildings to be built on the river's edge - a characteristic used in the design of One Seagate. Other Toledo landmarks built on the river's edge include Promedica's downtown offices, Promenade Park, the Toledo Port Authority, Owens Corning, and Imagination Station.Building featuresCosting $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 432ft 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 25000sqft, with 707000sqft of total leasable space. The building is made up of over 9,135 tons of steel, supported by 28 caissons, going 80ft down into the Earth, and over 36000cuyd of concrete. The exterior of the building is covered in 293000sqft 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.