The Ordway Building (also known as One Kaiser Plaza) is a skyscraper located in downtown Oakland, California. The building lies close to Oakland's Lake Merritt and the tower contains 28 stories of office space. There are eight corner offices per floor, since the skyscraper has a H-shaped floor plan. Standing 123 m (404 ft), the tower is the tallest skyscraper in the city and the entire Bay Area outside of San Francisco.
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| Alternative names | One Kaiser Plaza |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 1 Kaiser Plaza Oakland CA 94612 |
| Coordinates | 37°48′36″N 122°15′50″W / 37.8099°N 122.2640°W |
| Completed | 1970 |
| Owner | CIM Group |
| Height | |
| Roof | 123.14 m (404.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 28 |
| Floor area | 530,865 sq ft (49,319.0 m2)[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
| Main contractor | Turner Construction |
| References | |
| [2][3][4] | |
The Ordway Building's main tenant is Kaiser Permanente, which has used the building as its national headquarters since completion in 1970. As of 2009, Kaiser was leasing space on 21 floors. Kaiser announced on August 6, 2009 that it had signed a new nine-year lease with landlord CIM Group.[5]
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References
edit- ^ "Ordway Building". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Emporis building ID 775". Emporis. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Ordway Building". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ Ordway Building at Structurae
- ^ Chris Rauber and Blanca Torres (6 August 2009). "Kaiser Permanente signs 9-year Oakland HQ lease". The San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 1 September 2010.