Overview of the 9 complex in Downtown Cleveland and history of the original building.

1. The 29-story Ameritrust Tower
was built in 1971 and designed
by Marcel Breuer. It was the only
skyscraper the famous architect
ever built. The tower was built
immediately adjacent and
connected to the Cleveland Trust
Rotunda (1909).

2. Ameritrust merged with
Society Bank which in the
90’s merged with Key Bank.
Key Bank was
headquartered in the 57-
story Key Tower, so the
Ameritrust building was
vacated. From 1996 to 2014
the building sat empty.
Years of dirt turned the
concrete brown.

3. In 2005 Cuyahoga
County bought the
complex with plans to
build their new
headquarters on the
site. The plan fell
through and after
getting wrapped into the
Cuyahoga County
corruption scandal, the
complex was finally sold
to Geis Company in
2012 with plans for a
complete rehab. Almost
immediately, Geis
began cleaning the filthy
tower.

5. The P & H Buildings (Below)
were demolished and a new
County headquarters building
was constructed on the site

7. The tower’s top half consists of luxury apartments while the
bottom half is now the Metropolitan Hotel at the 9. The
adjacent building known as ‘1010 Euclid’ was turned into
additional apartments and the roof of this 12 story building
will become an outdoor bar and lounge. The Cleveland
Trust Rotunda will be turned into a Heinen’s by early next
year.
1010 Euclid had to
be completely
restored. The
cornice was
removed and rebuilt
to accommodate the
outdoor lounge.

8. The Metropolitan Hotel officially opened in
September along with the Adega restaurant,
Ledger Bar, Vault, and the apartments. The Azure
Sky Lounge and Heinen’s will follow early next
year. The following are pictures of the completed
complex. The restoration utilized many artifacts
from both the 1971 addition and the original 1909
Cleveland Trust Bank included steel beams, vault
doors, safe deposit boxes, etc.