| 1100 Superior | |
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 The Diamond Shamrock Building (now 1100 Superior) rises behind Chester Commons (now Perk Park) in 1973 | |
  1100 Superior | |
| Former names |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | High-rise |
| Architectural style | International |
| Classification | Office |
| Location | 1100 Superior Avenue,Nine-Twelve District,Cleveland, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 41°30′10.15″N81°41′11.17″W / 41.5028194°N 81.6864361°W /41.5028194; -81.6864361 |
| Construction started | 1971 (1971) |
| Completed | 1972 (1972) |
| Owner | LNR Partners |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 282 feet (86 m) |
| Tip | 282 feet (86 m) |
| Roof | 282 feet (86 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 22 |
| Floor area | 27,677 square feet (2,571.3 m2) |
| Grounds | 550,000 square feet (51,000 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP |
| Structural engineer | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP |
| Main contractor | Turner Construction |
| Other information | |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
| Parking | Attached garage - 335 spaces |
1100 Superior (formerly known as theDiamond Shamrock Building, theDiamond Building, andOswald Centre) is ahigh rise inDowntownCleveland,Ohio's emergingNine-Twelve District, which is also home toOne Cleveland Center,Ohio Savings Plaza,The 925 Building,PNC Center, and the formerEaton Center. It was built in 1972 for the importantSan Antonio, Texas firm of Diamond Shamrock which specialized in oil refining, it has 23 floors and rises to a height of 282 feet (86 m).[1] It was designed by the firm ofSkidmore, Owings and Merrill which also designed the nearbyAECOM Building, and theWillis Tower inChicago, Illinois. The firm was a leader in the modernist tower block design at the time of construction which believed in three principals: heavy metal anchoring, profuse windows for air and light, and simple muted dark colored facade paneling that gave their landmark buildings a "natural" organic look.
It is located at 1100 Superior Avenue along East 12th Street. In 1994, during a water main break, a four-story section of the Diamond Building lost some of its glass from pressure of the water. In 2012, the tower'snaming rights were purchased by insurance brokerage the Oswald Cos. (which is written in bright red multistory letters on the north and south sides of the tower), one of its largest tenants.[2] Oswald announced it would move to the former Ernst & Young Tower, now theOswald Tower, in 2023.[3]
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