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Former AK Steel headquarters are up for sale
Written by Laura Miller
October 10, 2024
The building that was once the headquarters of AK Steel is again up for sale.
The four-story office building in West Chester, Ohio, just north of Cincinnati, was recently listed for sale for an undisclosed sum.
Built-to-suit for AK Steel in 2007, the building last sold in 2018 for $25 million, according to Zillow records.
At that time, AK Steel employed 2,400 full-time employees at its corporate headquarters in West Chester and at its Middletown Works plant, according to local media.
The lease transferred to AK Steel’s new owner, Cleveland-Cliffs, when the Cleveland-based company acquired AK in 2020 for $1.1 billion. Cliffs said it would maintain a significant presence at the West Chester location.
AK was and now Cliffs is the only tenant in the building. It signed an early lease extension, which is good through July 2029, according to the listing company Institutional Property Advisors.
It is unclear how many workers Cliffs still employs at the location. The company did not respond to requests for comment.
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