Kettering Tower - Dayton 3.06

The Kettering Tower is a high-rise office buildings located in Dayton, Ohio. The Kettering Tower was built in 1970 and is currently the tallest building in the city. Lorenz Williams Inc. was the firm responsible for construction of the building. Kettering Tower has 30 floors and is 124 meters or 405 feet tall. The Kettering Tower has its own zip code: 45423.HistoryThe building opened for business in 1972. The property was originally named Winters Bank Tower and served as the headquarters for Winters Bank. After Bank One, which was headquartered in Columbus, acquired Winters Bank, the building owner, Virginia Kettering, the daughter-in-law of inventor Charles F. Kettering, changed the name to Kettering Tower.In 2005, a New York investment firm, Kettering Tower Partners LLC, bought the Kettering Tower for $21.9 million, or $45.63 per square foot. The Kettering Tower owner defaulted on the mortgage and the property was sold to Bank of America for $10.8 million at a Montgomery County Sheriff's Auction in 2011. In 2012, Albert Macanian of Dunkirk Realty, paid only $6.4 million for the property.Restaurants and amenitiesLocated in the tower is the restaurant Michael’s of Dayton, which features live jazz and various entertainment such as salsa music and reggae music. Also in the tower is the Dayton Racquet Club, which offers a fitness center and business-conducive dining and banquet facilities. A large Chase Bank branch is on the second floor of the tower. On the ground floor are a, an optometrist and a massage therapist.