The Centennial, formerly The 925 Building, and Huntington Building, originally the Union Trust Building, is a high-rise

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on Euclid Avenue in the

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, USA. When the building was completed in 1924, it was the second largest building in the world in terms of floor space, with more than 30 acres (12 hectares) of floor space. It also included the world's largest bank lobby, which today remains among the largest in the world. The lobby features enormous marble

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ed ceilings, and colorful murals by

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Design and history

The 289 foot (88 meters) tall building was designed by the firm of

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, who were also responsible for the design of the

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. It was renovated in 1975 under the direction of Cleveland architect Peter van Dijk, and again by Hines Properties in 1991. The building features a rooftop ticket lobby and waiting room designed for

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flights to New York and Chicago; the roof was never utilized because of the high winds from

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. In June 2010 it was purchased for $18.5 million by Optima International, a Miami-based real estate investment firm led by

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and 2/3rd owned by the

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, one of Ukraine's largest business and banking groups.Cleveland Plain Dealer: "The most important guy you've never heard of: Chaim Schochet, 25, builds downtown Cleveland empire" By Michelle Jarboe McFee
February 04, 2012 Originally contemplating closing the building due to a very high vacancy rate, Chaim Chochet and Chip Marous proposed in September 2014 a $231 million renovation of the building into a mixed-used facility combining offices, apartments, condominiums and a boutique hotel. In June 2015, Terry Coyne, a commercial real estate broker from Newmark, negotiated the sale to Hudson Holdings LLC for $22 million. Hudson began a $280 million renovation of the building which will feature 550 apartments, a 300-room, high-end hotel, 200,000 square feet of retail, a banquet hall, conference space, and a lobby open to the public.
August 3, 2015 On May 4, 2018, Hudson sold the property to Cleveland-based The Millennia Companies. Millennia announced in November 2018 that project would henceforth be known as The Centennial, and that the company would spend roughly $270 million renovating the structure. By May 2021 plans for The Centennial changed from luxury to affordable housing.

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Huntington Building
– ''Encyclopedia of Cleveland History'' {{DEFAULTSORT:925 Building Skyscraper office buildings in Cleveland Skyscraper hotels in Cleveland Residential skyscrapers in Cleveland Commercial buildings completed in 1924

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