Misplaced Pages

#554445

21-519: While legally known as Owens-Illinois, Inc., the company changed its trade name to O-I in 2005 to group its global operations under a single, cross-language and cross-culture brand name. The company's headquarters were previously located at One SeaGate , Toledo, Ohio . The headquarters were moved in late 2006 to the Levis Commons complex in Perrysburg, Ohio . The company is the successor to

42-589: A near-abandoned mall which leads to Imagination Station. The fact that there is no beach on the Maumee River allows buildings to be built on the river's edge - a characteristic used in the design of One Seagate. Other Toledo landmarks built on the river's edge include Promedica's downtown offices, Promenade Park, the Toledo Port Authority, Renaissance Toledo Downtown Hotel, Owens Corning, and Imagination Station. Costing $ 100 million, One SeaGate

63-571: The "Glass City," and O-I's presence in the glass industry. A 294-seat auditorium is located in the tower complex with an executive parking garage immediately below it, and the building itself is connected to the CitiWalk system. Underground, there is a mini-mall , SeaGate Shops at CitiWalk, that was left primarily vacant after the departure of O-I. When the building opened, Edwin Dodd, then O-I's Chairman and CEO, exerted his considerable influence to fill

84-449: The 1970s through the mid-1990s before allowing Techneglas to take over the operations. Although it has not made asbestos -containing materials since 1958, Owens-Illinois invented, tested, manufactured and distributed KAYLO asbestos containing thermal pipe insulation from 1948 through 1958. Owens-Illinois remains a named defendant in numerous asbestos litigation matters throughout the U.S. Some claims in these cases allege that Owens-Illinois

105-409: The 27th floor. The 29th floor was exclusively mechanical. On the service level, there are loading docks for the convenience of tenants and the management of the building. The building is owned by One SeaGate Partners, LLC, an affiliate of Amtrust Realty. Until 2006 the world headquarters for Owens-Illinois were at One Seagate. At that time the headquarters were moved to the Levis Commons complex in

126-484: The Cleveland Cliffs Furnace Tower (457 feet). Until 2006, the building served as the world headquarters for Owens-Illinois . In 2007, Fifth Third Bank moved their Northwest Ohio headquarters to the building. The building's name comes from the plaza in which it is located, which includes three other small buildings. The tallest is only nine floors high. The plaza also includes the entrance to

147-491: The O-I executives, because renovation would cost too much. Fifth Third rents out floors 4, 21, 22, 23, and parts of the lobby (for a banking center) and the service level for about $ 20 per square foot, as opposed to the $ 16 charge at their previous Madison Avenue location, the bank's Northwest Ohio home since 1931. Current tenants include: Abramovitz, Harris %26 Kingsland Max Abramovitz (May 23, 1908 – September 12, 2004)

168-485: The Owens Bottle Company founded in 1903 by Michael Joseph Owens , who made the first automated bottle-making machine, and Edward Drummond Libbey . In 1929, the Owens Bottle Company merged with Illinois Glass Company to become Owens-Illinois, Inc. Six years later, Owens-Illinois merged with Corning Incorporated to form Owens Corning . In 1971 Owens-Illinois produced an early commercial plasma display ,

189-719: The Promenade level shops with tenants. Damschroeder's and Ricardo's Restaurant were two large tenants who were convinced to move in. The mini-mall has a small eatery area that leads to Promenade Park and Fountain Square, which features the Dimitri Hadzi sculpture, Propylaea . The tunnels also connect the building to the Downtown Toledo Renaissance Hotel at Two SeaGate, Four SeaGate (the former home of Fox Toledo joined WTOL in 2012 and relocated to

210-598: The University of Illinois in 1970. Abramovitz was a friend and student of Brandeis University president Abram L. Sachar , who recruited him to work on his new campus. For 30 years, Abramovitz oversaw university planning, was a University Fellow and served on its Board of Overseers and the Creative Arts Commission. Abramovitz designed the "vast majority of buildings on the Brandeis campus" during

231-470: The WTOL studio), a parking structure across Summit Street, and Imagination Station . The top floor accessible to occupants, the 28th, formerly included a fine restaurant that was frequented by business professionals. When the building opened, the 28th floor restaurant was an executive dining room with boardroom and meeting room facilities adjacent, for O-I senior executives whose offices were immediately below on

SECTION 10

#1732798205555

252-499: The digivue. Until July 2007, the company was also a worldwide manufacturer of plastics packaging with operations in North America, South America, Asia-Pacific and Europe. Plastics packaging products manufactured by O-I included containers, closures, and prescription containers. In July 2007 O-I completed the sale of its entire plastics packaging business to Rexam , a United Kingdom listed packaging manufacturer. Owens-Illinois

273-683: The food and beverage glass container business of Mexican company Vitro for $ 2.15 billion. The acquisition closed in September 2015. [1] In 2020, a subsidiary of O-I Glass, Paddock Enterprises, entered bankruptcy following numerous asbestos lawsuits filed against the company. All of the company's asbestos-related claims were isolated within Paddock and separated from O-I's glass-making operations. Owens-Illinois partnered with NEG ( Nippon Electric Glass ), to produce glass television screens at its Columbus, Ohio , and Pittston , Pennsylvania, plants in

294-463: The nearby suburb of Perrysburg, Ohio , where the company already owned a large facility. The company stated they were not necessarily hurting the area's economy, as they were moving a short drive south. Toledoans often refer to One SeaGate as "the O-I building." On January 23, 2007, it was announced that the Northwest Ohio offices for Fifth Third Bank would be moving into OneSeaGate. Under

315-411: The new terms, the building was renamed: "Fifth Third Center at One SeaGate." Fifth Third signage was put on the top of the skyscraper, as the company has done with their locations elsewhere. The move lets the company move all of its offices to one location, removing the need for the company's current Monroe Street offices. The company chose not to occupy the top floors, including the prestigious offices of

336-577: The office tower has approximately 25,000 square feet (2,320 m ), with 707,000 square feet (65,700 m ) of total leasable space. The building is made up of over 9,135 tons of steel, supported by 28 caissons , going 80 feet (24 m) down into the Earth , and over 36,000 cubic yards (28,000 m ) of concrete. The exterior of the building is covered in 293,000 square feet (27,200 m ) of glass , with 4,400 vision panels and 4,200 spandrel units between floors, representing Toledo's history as

357-644: Was a part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from June 1, 1959, until March 12, 1987. The company was added to the S&;P 500 Index in January 2009. Owens-Illinois was one of the original S&P 500 companies in 1957. It was removed in 1987 (after purchase by KKR ), added in 1991 and removed again in 2000. In October 2010, Owens-Illinois Venezuela C.A was expropriated by President Hugo Chávez . In May 2015, O-I made an offer to purchase

378-597: Was a participant in the seventh annual Saranac Seminar when the cancer-causing potential of asbestos was studied in the 1950s. As a result of a pattern of violations producing repeat emissions, its Oregon plant was fined in August 2023 by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality . This was their 10th fine. One SeaGate Fifth Third Center at One SeaGate is the 2nd tallest building in Toledo , behind

399-637: Was an American architect. He was best known for his work with the New York City firm Harrison & Abramovitz . Abramovitz was the son of Romanian Jewish immigrant parents. He graduated in 1929 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Architecture. While at Illinois, Abramovitz was a member of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity. He later received an M.S. from Columbia University 's architecture school in 1931. He also

420-642: Was built as the centerpiece of the SeaGate project in downtown Toledo. Groundbreaking took place in May 1979, and was officially dedicated in June 1982. The architects were Abramovitz, Harris & Kingsland . The building stands 432 feet (132 m) away from the Water Street riverfront. The tower is 411 feet (125 m) tall with 33 stories, with 29 floors of office space and two floors for maintenance. Each floor of

441-914: Was the recipient of a two-year fellowship at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris before returning to the US and becoming partners with Wallace Harrison from 1941 to 1976. In 1961, he was an invited resident (RAAR) of the American Academy in Rome. Abramovitz died in September 2004 in Pound Ridge, New York , at the age of 96. His drawings and archives are held by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University . Abramovitz also received an honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from

SECTION 20

#1732798205555
#554445