OneAmerica Turns 140

OneAmerica Turns 140

OneAmerica Tower gives us a solid base

In our 140th anniversary year, OneAmerica^® is all about getting better with age. While we’re focused on where we’re headed, we’re also fondly remembering where we’ve been. That starts with our home base and what its construction did to help kick start the rebirth of Indy’s downtown. When the AUL Tower (now what is known as OneAmerica Tower) was proposed in the late 1970s, our skyscraper took the place of a series of smaller structures, some of them downright seedy. The sparkling canal we all know and love today was just an undeveloped trash-strewn ditch. And downtown Indy wasn’t a lively, vibrant destination. With then-Mayor Bill Hudnut’s support, we took a 533-foot leap of faith. We built our 38-story office building, and today – as the Indianapolis Star recently described it, OneAmerica is towering. “A catalyst for revitalization. Nothing less than transformative,” says Mayor Joe Hogsett. 

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At OneAmerica, associates can do “a lot of different things.” Just ask 39-year employee Joe Pearson, whose father offered expertise both as a physician and a moving coordinator/archivist.
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Since the original “King Kong” movie, giant gorillas and tall buildings go together. But motorists surely were a bit surprised one morning in 1988 to see this 40-foot, 300-pound inflatable gorilla on the Tower.
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