It contains luxury apartments as well as a top floor penthouse with office space and retail space and a restaurant on the bottom three levels.

Midtown Tower was first constructed in 1962 as part of the now defunct Midtown Plaza shopping center before the mall's closing and subsequent demolition.

[2] While part of Midtown Plaza it was home to a seventy eight room hotel, offices and the Top of the Plaza restaurant and nightclub which was known early on for its jazz scene and notable performing acts such as Buddy Rich, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie and Sarah Vaughn.

[3] As Midtown Plaza was torn down to make way for the later-cancelled PAETEC Headquarters, the steel structure of Midtown Tower was saved and ultimately retrofitted with a more modern façade.

The tower now houses residential units as well as retail and office space on the bottom three levels.