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27-465: Renaissance Centre is located in downtown Erie at the intersection of State Street, the main north–south thoroughfare in Erie, and East 10th Street. It is the city's sole skyscraper and dominates the city skyline . Renaissance Centre has a height of 198 feet (60 m) and is the tallest "multi-story building" in Erie, Pennsylvania, but second-tallest overall; the central spire of St. Peter Cathedral

54-615: A "large and profitable" business, the occupancy in the building decreased to less than 30 percent in the 1970s and 1980s. The G. Daniel Baldwin Building was, again, put up for auction in June ;1996. The Tenth Street Building Corporation donated the building to the Greater Erie Charity Golf Classic where it sold to local developer Tom Kennedy for $ 315,000 with the proceeds going to charity. Kennedy also owns and oversaw

81-675: A larger suite of offices. The executive suite proprietor rents entire floors (or buildings) and leases the smaller office spaces or workstations to businesses that don't need, or can't afford, large space. Some executive suite operators offer additional services. This variation on the traditional office idea has become an industry with roots in the early 1960s. There is no universal agreement on terminology as executive suites go by many different names, such as: open plan office , serviced office , office business center, office suite, business center, executive office, furnished office, flexible office, managed office, shared-office space and hoteling . It

108-481: A local real estate company, for $ 377,000. The building was renamed after company's president at the time, G. Daniel Baldwin, in 1945; Baldwin died the next year. National Bank and Trust continued to lease the first floor, along with offices on the third, until it was taken over by First National Bank in 1951; First National maintained a presence in the Baldwin Building until the 1980s. Despite its owners operating

135-466: A number of amenities that smaller offices may not be able to afford such as a breakroom , video conference room equipment, storage space and mailboxes. They also offer temporary support such as the opportunity for tenants to share executive office staff to assist with projects/assignments. These offices serve many of the same purposes as virtual offices but characteristically include the physical location that other entirely online offices do not. Since

162-650: A publicly traded company. As technologies such as the portable computer , the World Wide Web , VoIP , and videoconferencing became available in the 1980s and 1990s, executive suites began to offer them as part of a complete “virtual office” package. In 1985, James Blain, a Michigan -based architect , opened his first AmeriCenters in Troy, Michigan . The company added locations in Michigan , Indiana , Illinois and Ohio . Mark Dixon conceived an executive suit company in 1989 on

189-446: A season for their executives and clients, therefore the use of "executive", and often have multiple spaces such as box seats outside and an interior room with large windows, therefore "suites". They can accommodate a dozen or more guests. Besides the novel, and the subsequent film and television show, and the computer game, all mentioned above, both jazz musicians The L.A. Four and British band The Wiseguys have released albums with

216-520: A total floor space of 150,000 square feet (14,000 m) spread across its 14 floors. Originally, the first floor comprised the bank lobby, but has been divvied up into an atrium and retail spaces for businesses. Six murals by New York painter Edward A. Turnbull depicting events from Erie history were located on the first floor; five remain, but were hidden by renovations. The 14th floor offers views of Presque Isle State Park , Lake Erie and, on clear days, Long Point , Canada . Shortly after

243-399: A trip to Belgium . His company evolved into Regus , a publicly traded and successful operator of individual office suites internationally. The company became overextended and went bankrupt in 2003. Less than a year later it took its US business out of Chapter 11 after restructuring, financed by its share of the profitable UK business. Since the financial issues Regus experienced in 2003

270-524: Is a 70 block area. From the foot of State Street to 14th Street (North and South), and from Holland Street to Sassafras Street (East and West). Downtown Erie is divided into three different areas, Bayfront Landing, downtown center city and midtown. Erie's Bayfront Landing is home to a variety of hotels, bars, restaurants, and tourist attractions such as the Erie Maritime Museum, Erie Convention Center, and The Bicentennial Tower. Center City

297-470: Is a collection of offices or rooms—or suite —used by top managers of a business—or executives . Over the years, this general term has taken on a variety of specific meanings. The oldest use of the term "executive suites" referred to the suite of offices on or near the top floor of a skyscraper where the top executives of a company worked, usually including at least the president or chief executive officer, various vice presidents and their staff. That use

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324-401: Is no panic in the executive suite." The term was used by writer Cameron Hawley for the title of his 1952 book Executive Suite , which was later turned into an Academy Award -winning movie with the same name in 1953 and a short-lived T.V. series in 1975. A 1982 computer game was also called Executive Suite . An executive suite can also be a set of individual offices sublet from

351-422: Is not uncommon for a traditional tenant to sublet unutilized space and to characterize it as an “executive suite.” Many businesses considering executive suites are small entrepreneur start-up companies that could experience growth or go out of business before a term's end-date. Considering this, flexible terms are offered to accommodate unforeseen growth or the dissolution of a company. The office space also has

378-475: Is taller at 265 feet (81 m). The building itself is 82 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet (25.1 m) deep, 161 feet (49 m) wide, and has a footprint of 1 ⁄ 3 acre (0.1 ha). The first three floors on the north and west fronts of Renaissance Centre are faced with Indiana limestone while the remaining floors are clad in "light buff-colored" brick. Its main entrance on State Street consists of multiple, set-back arches that rise one-and-a-half stories up

405-418: Is the city's largest structure, standing 265 feet (81 m) tall. Midtown, located from 18th Street/Former Norfolk Southern tracks to 26th Street. The Erie Redevelopment Authority made a master plan to redevelop the entire downtown area. As of fall 2009 the first phase was nearly complete. The first phase was the redevelopment of midtown. Other redevelopments of the downtown include: a $ 42 million renovation to

432-490: Is where many of the Erie’s high rise buildings are located. The Renaissance Centre is Erie’s tallest building. Located in the center city are: The Boston Store, The Warner Theatre , Erie Insurance Arena , UPMC Park , Perry Square , restaurants, bars and night clubs as well as many retail shops. Center city is also home to 14 banks. Also located in the center city is Gannon University, as well St. Peter's Cathedral . The cathedral

459-794: The Great Depression , and, by 1933, the Erie Trust Company went bankrupt. Its remnants and that of another defunct bank were reorganized into the National Bank and Trust, which continued to occupy its former headquarters now owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The state auctioned off the Erie Trust Company Building in 1943 in a bankruptcy court and was acquired by the Tenth Street Building Corporation,

486-404: The facade . The building's name is engraved on a faux -limestone sign mounted above the archway. Starting at the 11th floor, the building is setback . Unlike the north and west, the south and east facades are relatively unadorned; the central window bays on the southern side are recessed causing the entire building to take on a "shallow 'U'-shape" when viewed from above. Renaissance Centre has

513-644: The Erie Insurance Arena, streetscape improvements to 12th street, facade improvements to many downtown buildings, new building and retail development and new townhouses and residential condos along the bayfront bluffs. Downtown Erie has undergone a revival in the early 2020s with the recent construction of apartments, specialty shops, a rock climbing gym, food hall, and public market. 42°06′56″N 80°03′51″W  /  42.1155°N 80.0642°W  / 42.1155; -80.0642 Executive suite An executive suite in its most general definition

540-543: The community and collaborative aspects of several businesses sharing an executive suite and its amenities. Various companies in the corporate housing industry also use the term "executive suite" to describe fully furnished executive style apartments. Luxury boxes , the most expensive and exclusive seats at sports stadiums , are also called "executive suites" such as at the Edmonton Eskimos 's Commonwealth Stadium . Such seats are often purchased by corporations for

567-554: The company has successfully turned it fortunes around, as the serviced office industry has continued to grow in popularity. In 1994, Ralph Gregory presented virtual offices including physical executive suites, staff and technology as a franchise opportunity in the United States under The Virtual Office, Inc., later renamed The Intelligent Office, Inc. In 2005, the first “ coworking space ” opened in San Francisco, which emphasized

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594-469: The development of the Palace Hardware Building into apartments and a business center . The Baldwin Building was renamed Renaissance Centre as part of the effort to revitalize the building; a new sign, fashioned to resemble its limestone cladding, was installed over the old name. From its purchase in 1996 to late 1998, Renaissance Centre underwent a $ 2.2 million restoration. Renaissance Centre

621-575: The dominant banking institution in the city and needed space to expand. The bank hired the New York City -architectural firm Dennison and Hirons in 1925 to design its new headquarters—the firm also designed the Home Savings Bank Building in Albany, New York . The Erie Trust Company Building was completed in 1928 at a cost of $ 2 million. A year later, the stock market crashed sparking

648-482: The passage of the National Bank Act by Congress in 1864, several banks were chartered in Erie. One of these, Dime Savings and Loan, was founded in 1866; it was reorganized as the Erie Trust Company in 1902. The economic boom following World War I set off a flurry of building activity in downtown Erie, including a ten-story skyscraper at 12th and State Streets. By the mid-1920s, the Erie Trust Company had become

675-766: The spaces and corresponding rent or lease payments are small, many prospective renters often work directly with landlords to obtain space rather than working through commercial real estate brokers. Other prospective renters use the internet to find executive of small office space to rent or lease. The first recorded executive suites in the United States were offered by OmniOffices in 1962, followed by furnished offices for attorneys offered by Fegen Law Suites in 1966. In 1978, Alf Mourfarrige founded ServCorp in Sydney, Australia for businesses looking to share overhead expenses, including receptionist and clerical staff. Servcorp took its virtual office concept international in 1980 and in 1999 became

702-606: Was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 2000. Downtown Erie Downtown Erie , is the central business, cultural and government center for the city of Erie, Pennsylvania . Erie’s Central Business District includes Gannon University , UPMC Hamot hospital , Erie Insurance , and city and county government offices, as well as other non-government related commercial retail and office development. Nearly 20,000 people work in downtown Erie. As of 2000, 2,690 people lived downtown. Downtown Erie

729-776: Was then applied not just to the physical space but also to the people who occupy the offices and their immediate underlings, much like the White House has come to mean the Executive Office of the President of the United States or 10 Downing Street , the British Prime Minister's Office . A quote from the Ottawa Sun in 2003 shows this use: "The Montreal Canadiens are fading in the Eastern Conference playoff race, but there

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