The Beacon is a residential skyscraper in
downtown Cleveland
Downtown Cleveland is the central business district of Cleveland, Ohio. The economic and symbolic center of the city and the Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area, it is Cleveland's oldest district, with its Public Square laid out b ...
that began construction at 515
Euclid Avenue in late 2017 and was completed in late 2019. The tower rises tall, with approval from the city council to exceed the city's limit.
The Beacon sits at 29 floors; 8 floors of parking garage, 19 floors of one- and two-bedroom residential suites and rooftop lounge.
Development and design
Part of the need for the tower was due to a resurgence of interest in downtown Cleveland, spearheaded by a 77% increase of new housing units and 95% occupancy rate from 2000 to 2015. It is the fourth-tallest residential building in the city behind the
Terminal Tower
Terminal Tower is a 52-story, , landmark skyscraper located on Public Square in Downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Built during the skyscraper boom of the 1920s and 1930s, it was the second-tallest building in the world when it was com ...
, which was converted into a mixed-use residential building in 2019,
The Lumen
The Lumen is a high-rise apartment building in the Playhouse Square district of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Completed in 2020, the 34-story, tower sits at the southwest corner of Euclid Avenue and East 17th Street, adjacent to the Hanna Buildin ...
, and
The 9 Cleveland.
The chosen site, on the lot behind
200 Public Square on East Roadway and Euclid, had been the location of an earlier proposed apartment tower. For various reasons, mostly due to financing and design flaws, an eight-story parking garage was erected but the tower never rose. The winning design presented to the
Cleveland City Council
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was by Cleveland architecture firm of Westlake Reed Leskosky and the
Boston
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firm NADAA.
The Beacon is the first new residential high rise erected in Cleveland's
central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
since 1974.
The Beacon features a façade interlocked with colored interchanging metal panels that reflects the sun.
See also
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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
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External links
*https://www.cleveland19.com/2019/11/05/first-look-inside-m-beacon-apartments-downtown-cleveland-photos/
Downtown Cleveland
Residential skyscrapers in Cleveland
Apartment buildings in Cleveland