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{{Short description|Office building in Indiana, U.S.}}
{{Infobox building
|name = Liberty Tower
|image = South-bend-indiana-holiday-inn.jpg
|image_size =
|caption = Liberty Tower prior to 2019
|alternate_names = Chase Tower
|location = [[South Bend, Indiana]]
|coordinates = {{Coord|41|40|36|N|86|15|9|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}
|status = Completed
|start_date = 1968
|completion_date = 1970
|opening = late 1970
|building_type = Hotel, office, restaurant
|antenna_spire =
|roof = {{cvt|331.99|ft}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/127383/liberty-tower-south-bend-in-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226155704/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/127383/liberty-tower-south-bend-in-usa|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 26, 2021|title=Liberty Tower|website=Emporis.com|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref>
|top_floor =
|floor_count = 25
|elevator_count =
|cost = $5.5 million USD
|floor_area =
|architect = Kelley, Marshall & Associates
|structural_engineer =
|main_contractor =
|developer =
|owner = Washington Square Realty
|management =
|references =
}}

The '''Liberty Tower''' is a 25-story [[skyscraper]] in [[downtown South Bend]], [[Indiana]]. Completed in 1970, its anchor tenant is now an [[Aloft Hotel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sbnal-aloft-south-bend/|title=Aloft South Bend|website=Marriott.com|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref>

==History==
After the demolition of the Oliver Hotel in 1967, the then-called American National Bank Building was constructed beginning in 1968 and was [[topping out|topped out]] in 1970. Several years after its completion and grand opening in late 1970, its name was changed to the Valley National Bank Building.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/local/2017/09/22/south-bend-liberty-tower-timeline/45721065/|title=South Bend Liberty Tower timeline|first=Jeff|last=Parrott|newspaper=[[South Bend Tribune]]|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref>

==Architecture==
The tower was built with a [[modern architecture|modernist]] design, with a concrete facade. It has a white base color, as well as gray and dark teal highlights.

==Tenants and usage==
The current anchor tenant is the Aloft Hotel, which occupies most of the building. The WXYZ Lounge is located on the first floor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wxyz-lounge.business.site/|title=WXYZ Bar|website=Wxyz-lounge.business.site|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> Floors two through eight host 220 [[parking spaces]]. Before the Aloft, a [[Holiday Inn]] operated the 185+ hotels rooms. The top floor had a private bar (the Summit Club) until it closed in 2012 due to low membership after 41 years in the building.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc57.com/news/summit-club-closes-after-more-than-40-years|title=Summit Club closes after more than 40 years|website=Abc57.com|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> Office space is available for rent.

==Renovations==
The building has gone through two major renovations; in 1993, the tower's heating and cooling systems as well as the parking garage were upgraded. In 2015, after a water leak that caused occupants to vacate, the tower underwent a $40,000,000 renovation that included the addition of the new hotel and bar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/business/2015/01/25/saving-the-chase-toweragai/45684147/|title=Saving the Chase Tower...again|first=Kevin|last=Allen|newspaper=[[South Bend Tribune]]|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of tallest buildings in Indiana]]
*[[List of tallest buildings in South Bend]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Buildings and structures in South Bend, Indiana]]
[[Category:Skyscrapers in Indiana]]

Liberty Tower (South Bend) - Revision history

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