With all of the conversions of former office buildings in downtown Cleveland, plus the new-construction projects, I thought it would fun to take stock of downtown's tallest residential buildings, ranked in order of height. I've also included the year the building was built/expanded, and the year and it became residential (or, in the case of partial conversions, mostly residential). So the list includes buildings that are 50 percent or more residential. In the case of Terminal Tower, the 13-story pedestal around the base of the tower is being converted (not the tower itself), thus it falls farther down the list. But it is included because half of the square footage of the property is being converted to residential. Erieview Tower is not included because only 12 of 40 stories (well less than half) are to be converted to residential. Buildings are ranked by their height in feet. Downtown Cleveland is defined here as bounded by the lake, river and the Inner Belt highway.

 

RANK -- BUILDING NAME (PREVIOUS NAME) -- FLOORS -- HEIGHT IN FEET -- YEAR BUILT -- YEAR BECAME MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL

 

1. Lumen at Playhouse Square, The -- 34 floors -- 396 feet -- 2020 -- 2020 (under construction)

2. 9 Apartments, The (Ameritrust HQ) -- 28 floors -- 390 feet -- 1971 -- 2015

3. Beacon Cleveland, The (including preexisting 515 Euclid parking pedestal) -- 28 floors -- 355 feet -- 2019 -- 2019 (under construction)

4. Centennial, The (925 Euclid) -- 21 floors -- 289 feet -- 1924 -- 2022 (planned)

5. Standard Apartments, The -- 21 floors -- 282 feet -- 1925 -- 2018

6. Residences At 1717 (East Ohio Gas HQ) -- 21 floors -- 275 feet -- 1959 -- 2015

7. Reserve Square-west tower (The Park Center) -- 23 floors -- 266 feet -- 1969 -- 2014

8. Reserve Square-east tower (The Park Center) -- 23 floors -- 266 feet -- 1973 -- 1973

9. Fenn Tower (National Town & Country Club) -- 22 floors -- 266 feet -- 1930 -- 2006

10. nuCLEus apartments -- 22 floors -- 240 feet (estimated) -- 2022 -- 2022 (preliminary, planned)

 

11. Parkview Apartments (Allerton Hotel) -- 18 floors -- 213 feet -- 1926 -- 1971

12. Earnest Bohn Tower -- 22 floors -- 202 feet -- 1972 -- 1972

13. Sphere (The Chesterfield) -- 20 floors -- 200 feet -- 1967 -- 1967

14. Residences At Leader (The Leader Building) -- 15 floors -- 199 feet -- 1913 -- 2017

15. Crittenden Court -- 18 floors -- 195 feet -- 1996 -- 1996

16. Statler Arms (Statler Hotel) -- 14 floors -- 195 feet -- 1912 -- 2001

17. 75 Public Square (Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.) -- 15 floors -- 187 feet -- 1915 -- 2020 (planned)

18. Residences At Halle (Halle Department Store) -- 13 floors -- 186 feet -- 1910 -- 2018

19. Pinnacle Condominiums (including preexisting parking pedestal) -- 14 floors -- 181 feet -- 2006 -- 2006

20. Residences at Terminal Tower (only in the pedestal) -- 13 floors -- 180 feet -- 1928 -- 2019 (under construction)

 

21. Schofield Residences, The (Euclid-Ninth Tower) -- 14 floors -- 178 feet -- 1902 -- 2016

22. Athlon Apartments, The (Cleveland Athletic Club) -- 15 floors -- 177 feet -- 1911 -- 2019 (under construction)

23. Boutique Suites (Swetland Building/1010 Euclid) -- 13 floors -- 175 feet -- 1910 -- 2015

24. Edge at Cleveland State University, The -- 11 floors -- 165 feet -- 2017 -- 2017

25. Garfield, The (The Garfield Building) -- 10 stories -- 151 feet -- 1893 -- 2017

26. Creswell, The (1220 Huron Building) -- 11 stories -- 150 feet -- 1920 -- 2015

27. Winton Manor (Winton Hotel) -- 11 floors -- 149 feet -- 1916 -- circa 1975

28. May Company Building Apartments (May Department Store) -- 8 floors -- 149 feet -- 1915/31 -- 2020 (under construction)

29. Residences At 668, The (William Taylor & Sons, Atrium Building) -- 9 floors -- 146 feet -- 1907/1913 -- 2010

30. Huron Square Apartments -- 11 floors -- 132 feet -- 1923 -- 1999

 

31. Archer, The (National Terminals) -- 12 floors -- 130 feet -- 1915 -- 1997

32. Bradley, The (Bradley Building) -- 8 floors -- 128 feet -- 1887 -- 1985

33. Perry-Payne Apartments (same name previously but as offices) -- 9 floors -- 126 feet -- 1889 -- 1996

34. Bridgeview Apartments -- 9 floors -- 124 feet -- 1911/18 -- 2000

35. Park Building condos (same name previously but as offices) -- 9 floors -- 110 feet -- 1904 -- 2007

36. Sincere Building Lofts (same name previously but as offices) -- 8 floors -- 106 feet -- 1915 -- 2004

37. Pointe At Gateway, The (Finance Building) -- 8 floors -- 100 feet -- 1915 -- 2014
 

SOURCES: ClevelandSkyscrapers.com, Wikipedia, Emporis

Edited February 9, 20196 yr by KJP

The 9 is also part hotel

Yep. So is the Schofield. Most of these buildings are part "something" but is The 9 or the Schofield at least 50 percent apartments? If so, they should be on the list, IMHO. Or maybe EVERY building that has (or will have) at least some residential should be on this list?

Shoulda stuck with The Chesterfield name; the Sphere?

BTW, 21 of those 37 buildings became or are becoming residential since 2010, 27 of 37 since 2000, and 31 of 37 since 1995.

Edited February 9, 20196 yr by KJP

18 hours ago, KJP said:

Yep. So is the Schofield. Most of these buildings are part "something" but is The 9 or the Schofield at least 50 percent apartments? If so, they should be on the list, IMHO. Or maybe EVERY building that has (or will have) at least some residential should be on this list?

 

14-28 are The9 Tower building's 104 apartments , while only floors 4-13 are Hotel. Plus you didn't include the additional 90 apartment units in the 1010 Building, which is also part of The9, so yes mostly residential.

1 minute ago, Mov2Ohio said:

 

14-28 are The9 Tower building's 104 apartments , while only floors 4-13 are Hotel. Plus you didn't include the additional 90 apartment units in the 1010 Building, which is also part of The9, so yes mostly residential.

 

Thanks. I included the 1010 building as....

 

23. Boutique Suites (Swetland Building/1010 Euclid) -- 13 floors -- 175 feet -- 1910 -- 2015

Great list - really interesting and thanks for doing it. Just one omission at the lower end, The Residences at Hanna (8 stories)

Am I just blindly missing it, or is One University Circle not on this list? 

5 minutes ago, YABO713 said:

Am I just blindly missing it, or is One University Circle not on this list? 

This thread is downtown only.

52 minutes ago, roman totale XVII said:

Great list - really interesting and thanks for doing it. Just one omission at the lower end, The Residences at Hanna (8 stories)

 

Thanks. Emporis shows the Hanna Annex as 97 feet. I stopped the list at 100 feet so I didn't include it.

Edited the list....I forgot the Bradley Building in the Warehouse District. Came in at #31 on the list.

 

CORRECTION! It's #32 because I also forgot The Creswell at Playhouse Square, now at #26.

Edited February 9, 20196 yr by KJP