North Point Office Building and Tower

Complex in Ohio, United States

North Point Tower

General information
Type| Office
Location| 901-1001 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio
United States
Construction started| 1989
Completed| 1990
Height
Roof| 86.86 m (285 ft)
Technical details
Size| 587,000 sq. ft.
Floor count| 20
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Payto Architects, Inc.
Other information
Public transit access|  East 9th–North Coast

The North Point Office Building and Tower (also known as North Point I and II) is a complex consisting of a skyscraper and an office building. It is located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio at the northeast corner of East 9th Street and Lakeside Avenue. It is the home of Cleveland founded law firm, Jones Day[1] and Cleveland founded professional service firm, EY.[2]

## Proposal

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North Point Tower was proposed by Cleveland Press owner Joseph Cole in 1979. In March 1980, The North Point Plan was revealed as a 500-foot (150 m), 41-story office tower with a glass-enclosed atrium. There were plans to build a hotel on the site and an atrium displaying Press printing machines to the public. The tower would have been built on top of the 1957 structure. When the Cleveland Press folded on June 17, 1982, the North Point Plan did too.

Construction of a more modest North Point I began in 1983,[3] and the Cleveland Press building was demolished. It was completed in 1985. North Point II (North Point Tower) was added in 1990.

## Design

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Jones Day in relation to tower

North Point I (North Point Building) is an unusual office structure with seven levels. Five of the levels are above grade with two below, atop foundation of the former Press building. Its most distinctive features are its large triangular floor plans, which are split by a nine story glass angled atrium with views of Cleveland's lakefront and North Coast Harbor.[4] It is also linked by skybridge to a 1,000 car parking garage to the north and to its counterpart, North Point II to the east. Jones Day is headquartered in Phase I.

North Point II (North Point Tower) reaches 20 stories and 286 ft (87 m). It holds 587,000 square feet (54,500 m2) of office space and is clad in colorful tile panels.[5] It was designed by Cleveland architect Jerry Payto. The two phases (North Point I and North Point II) were built at a combined cost of $125 million and were privately financed.[6]

The building features blue and black strip Pattern design, the blue lines contains glass windows that goes around the Building

## See also

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* List of tallest buildings in Cleveland

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to North Point Tower.

* North Point Office Complex
* ClevelandSkyscrapers.com

## References

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1. ^ "Cleveland, North Point". Retrieved on 2015-10-21
2. ^ "Downtown Tenants Bedrock, Oswald and Others Possibly on the Move". Cleveland Magazine. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
3. ^ Van Tassel, D.D. & Grabowski, J.J. (1987). Erieview. The encyclopedia of Cleveland history. Bloomington, Indiana:Indiana University Press.
4. ^ Whelan, N. (1989). Reaching for the sky. Cleveland: Shaping the Vision. Chatsworth, California:Windsor Publishing.
5. ^ "North Point Tower". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved on 2015-10-21
6. ^ "North Point Office Complex". 13 May 2013. Retrieved on 2015-10-21

* Toman, James. Cleveland's Changing Skyline, 1984. Cleveland Landmarks Press. ISBN 0-936760-03-6.

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