The Lumen is a
high-rise apartment building
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in the
Playhouse Square district of
downtown Cleveland,
Ohio
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. Completed in 2020, the 34-story, tower sits at the southwest corner of
Euclid Avenue and East 17th Street, adjacent to the
Hanna Building
The ''Hanna Building'' is a historically renovated high-rise in downtown Cleveland's Theater District on the corner of East 14th Street and Euclid Avenue. The building stands 194 feet high and rises to 16 stories. It was built in 1921 and was ...
and across Euclid from the
Keith Building
The Keith Building is a skyscraper in downtown Cleveland, Ohio's Playhouse Square theater district. The Keith is 272 feet tall and 21 stories, and houses the Palace Theater, a former flagship theater of the Keith vaudeville circuit. Retrieved on ...
. It is the second new apartment building built in downtown
Cleveland
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since the 1970s, following the construction of
The Beacon in 2019.
The site
Formerly a large surface parking lot located across from the Playhouse Square theaters, The Lumen is the fruition of a long-held vision of
Playhouse Square and its former president and CEO, Art Falco, to turn the district into a viable residential community. Playhouse Square hired development manager Hines, builder
Providence, Rhode Island
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-based
Gilbane
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and international architectural firm Chicago-based
Solomon Cordwell Buenz
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to complete the project. In late 2018, the
Cuyahoga County Council approved a $10 million dollar loan to
Playhouse Square for the construction of the tower, which is estimated at $135 million. The floor plan includes 318 apartment units, 550 parking spaces, and of common space for residents, making it one of the largest apartment complexes in the city center. During excavation, crews discovered remnants of old foundations from other underground projects.
See also
*
List of tallest buildings in Cleveland
Cleveland, the second-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio, is home to 142 completed high-rises, 36 of which stand taller than . The tallest building in Cleveland is the 57-story Key Tower, which rises on Public Square. The tower has be ...
References
External links
*{{official, https://thelumencleveland.com/
Apartment buildings in Cleveland
Residential skyscrapers in Cleveland
Downtown Cleveland