In 1998, Spieker Properties bought the tower from Nichiei at a cost of $50 million.

Bertelsmann had bought the empty 1 million-square-foot tower for the bargain-basement price of $119 million, or 53 percent of what it cost to build.

Bertelsmann bought the empty tower for a bargain-basement price of $119 million in 1992.

Chase bought the tower in 1989 for about $140 million from the estate of Mr. Atlas.

Investments bought the tower, which placed its "McD" logo on the top of the building.

She said that Yeats bought the dilapidated tower in 1916.

Mr. Cohen bought the tower for $171.5 million at the end of 1997.

In September 2005, Cuyahoga County bought the tower and five adjacent buildings for $21.7 million.

Hines Real Estate bought the tower in January 2000.

The company had bought the newly completed but vacant 1.1-million-square-foot tower between 44th and 45th Streets 12 years ago for a bargain basement price of $119 million.