AECOM Building

AECOM Building
General information
Status Complete
Type Office
Location

1300 East 9th Street, Cleveland, Ohio United States

Coordinates 41°30′14.64″N 81°41′26.21″W / 41.5040667°N 81.6906139°W / 41.5040667; -81.6906139Coordinates: 41°30′14.64″N 81°41′26.21″W / 41.5040667°N 81.6906139°W / 41.5040667; -81.6906139
Opening 1972
Owner Optima International LLC
Height
Roof 253 ft (77 m)
Technical details
Floor count 21
Design and construction
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Developer Tishman Construction Corporation

The AECOM Building,[1] formerly known as the Penton Media Building, and the Bond Court Building,[2] is a commercial high-rise building in Cleveland, Ohio. The building rises 253 feet (77 m) in Downtown Cleveland.[3] It contains 21 floors, and was completed in 1972.[4] The AECOM Building currently stands as the 29th-tallest building in the city, tied in rank with the Ohio Savings Plaza and Ameritech Center. The architectural firm who designed the building was Skidmore, Owings and Merrill,[3] who also designed Chicago's Willis Tower and Dubai's Burj Khalifa. The building is a part of the Bond Court complex.[4] It served as the world headquarters of Penton Media from 2000 until the company's merger with Prism Business Media.[5] Penton Media signed a 10-year lease agreement to occupy the building in 2000; in the process, the building was also renamed from the "Bond Court Building" to the "Penton Media Building".[2]

In 2010, Optima International LLC bought the Penton Building, they own the One Cleveland Center building diagonally across the street from the Penton Building. Optima is a Miami-based real estate investment firm led by Chaim Schochet and 2/3rd owned by the Privat Group, one of Ukraine's largest business and banking groups.[6]

In early 2016, the design and construction firm AECOM, following its acquisition of URS Corporation, merged three of its Downtown Cleveland offices together on the fourth, fifth, and a portion of the sixth floor of the Penton Media Building. AECOM also purchased branding rights, changing the name from Penton Media Building to AECOM Building.[1]

The AECOM Building is similar in appearance to New York City's One Liberty Plaza and Chicago's Richard J. Daley Center.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Former Penton building in downtown Cleveland will be home to AECOM". Crain's Cleveland Business. 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  2. 1 2 "Penton Media Announces Corporate Headquarters Will Relocate to Bond Court Building; Lease Agreement Includes Naming Rights". Cleveland Business Wire. 2000-01-07. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  3. 1 2 "Penton Media Building". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  4. 1 2 "Penton Media Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  5. ↑ "Penton Media". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  6. ↑ Cleveland Plain Dealer: "The most important guy you've never heard of: Chaim Schochet, 25, builds downtown Cleveland empire" By Michelle Jarboe McFee February 04, 2012


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