Great American Tower at Queen City Square

Great American Tower
at Queen City Square
Great American Tower in Downtown Cincinnati
Map
Alternative namesQueen City Square Phase II
Western Southern Life Tower
Record height
Tallest in Cincinnati since 2011[I]
Preceded byCarew Tower
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeCommercial offices
Architectural stylePostmodern
Location301 East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates39°05′59″N 84°30′26″W / 39.09983°N 84.507185°W / 39.09983; -84.507185
Construction startedNovember 2008
CompletedJanuary 2011
CostUS$322 million
OwnerEagle Realty Group
(Western & Southern subsidiary)[2]
Height
Antenna spire202.7 m (665 ft)[1][2]
Roof151 m (495 ft)
Top floor147 m (482 ft)
Technical details
Floor count41 (no 13th floor)
3 underground
Floor area74,322 m2 (800,000 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators26
Design and construction
Architect(s)Gyo Obata (Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum)
DeveloperWestern & Southern Financial Group
Main contractorTurner Construction
Website
www.queencitysquare.com/great-american-tower
References
[1][3][4]

The Great American Tower at Queen City Square is a 41-story, 667-foot-tall (203 m)[1][2] skyscraper in Cincinnati, Ohio which opened in January 2011. The tower was built by Western & Southern Financial Group at a cost of $322 million including $65 million of taxpayer-funded subsidies.[5] Construction on the tower had begun in July 2008. Half of the building is occupied as the headquarters of the American Financial Group subsidiary, Great American Insurance Company. As of 2015, it is the third-tallest building in the state of Ohio, the tallest outside of Cleveland, and the tallest building in Cincinnati.[6]

  1. ^ a b c "Great American Tower at Queen City Square". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
  2. ^ a b c "Great American Tower Fact Sheet". Queen City Square. Eagle Realty Group. 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  3. ^ "Emporis building ID 137088". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Great American Tower at Queen City Square". SkyscraperPage.
  5. ^ Jane Prendergast (June 12, 2008). "City's tallest building OK'd". Cincinnati Enquirer. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
  6. ^ Brett Coleman (2015-09-28). "What's with Great American Tower's tiara?". WCPO. Retrieved 2023-10-10.

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