Ordway Building

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.

Ordway Building
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Alternative names	One Kaiser Plaza
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	1 Kaiser Plaza Oakland CA 94612
Coordinates	37.8099°N 122.2640°W / 37.8099; -122.2640
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]

See also

• San Francisco Bay Area portal

• List of tallest buildings in Oakland, California

References

1. "Ordway Building". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
2. "Emporis building ID 775". Emporis. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21.
3. "Ordway Building". SkyscraperPage.
4. Ordway Building at Structurae
5. 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.

External links

• Official website