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José Marques

Media Relations Manager (513) 629-1448

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Marketing Manager (513) 646-7770

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Queen City Square Milestone

Topping Out of Steel Structure Scheduled to be Celebrated
Event marks completion of tower’s skeleton; construction of tiara to start in March
What: Topping out of the steel structure of Great American Tower at Queen City Square
When: Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, 11 a.m. (Beam lifting expected around 11:20 a.m.)
Where: Corner of Third and Sycamore streets
Why: To recognize construction workers and celebrate milestone

Note for photographers and videographers – There will be a short event at the corner of Third and Sycamore streets followed by the lifting of the last beam to the top of the tower. The best view for the lifting of the beam may be from across Fort Washington Way by the Great American Ball Park.

Additional Information
Once the structural steel construction that forms the skeleton of the building is complete, installation of the tiara to top the tower will begin. The tower will reach 665 feet when finished.

Materials used in the construction of the Great American Tower include:

  • 5,800 tons of structural steel (skeleton of building)
  • 400 tons of steel for the tiara
  • 5,000 tons of reinforcing steel (steel used to reinforce concrete)
  • 63,000 cubic yards of concrete
  • 273 miles of electrical wire

Background Information
Queen City Square is a development of Eagle Realty Group, a member of Western & Southern Financial Group (Western & Southern), and is co-sponsored by Eagle Realty Group’s funding partners, the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority and the City of Cincinnati. Construction is the responsibility of Turner Construction. The Great American Tower at Queen City Square is the second phase of an office, parking and retail complex located on Sycamore Street between Third and Fourth streets. The project will have three major components: a 1,600-car parking garage on 11 levels; an 800,000 sq. ft., 33-level office tower above a portion of the garage; and a public pedestrian/walking area with retail space. The tower is adjacent and will be connected to 303 Broadway, an office building also developed by Eagle Realty Group in 2006, in which some Western & Southern businesses are housed. 303 Broadway contains about 188,500 sq. ft. of office space and a 650-car parking garage. In its entirety, the Queen City Square complex contains more than 1 million square feet of office and retail space, and more than 2,200 parking spaces and required a total investment of about $400 million from Western & Southern.