Terminal Tower is a 52-story, 708 ft (216 m),[5] landmark skyscraper located on Public Square in the downtown core of Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
[8] K&D added a mixed-use element to the building, converting 11 of the lower, larger floors to residential use, with 293 one- and two-bedroom apartments.
K&D is the largest privately held owner/manager of apartment buildings in the area and maintains the tower's upper floors as office spaces.
[9] Built for $179 million by the Van Sweringen brothers, the tower was to serve as an office building atop the city's new rail station, the Cleveland Union Terminal.
In the 1980s, developers sought approval to make their proposed BP Building taller than the Terminal Tower, but city officials forced them to scale it down.
Before its original closure, the deck was open only on weekends to prevent disruption to the law firm that has offices on the 32nd floor.
[16] in 2024, the Observation Deck is open on weekends in the afternoon, closed in winter except for the holidays, and tickets are reserved online.
The external spotlights that lit the tower at night were turned off as a safety measure at the beginning of World War II.
Some of Cleveland's ethnic groups have had the Terminal Tower lit in their traditional colors, such as green on Saint Patrick's Day.
[23] In January 2015, Terminal Tower was lit in scarlet and gray in support of the Ohio State Buckeyes during the football team's National Championship run as Cleveland has a large OSU fan and alumni base.
[24] Terminal Tower was lit in teal blue on Friday, May 15, in honor of the Class of 2020 Cuyahoga Community College graduates.