Franklin Center (Chicago)
| Franklin Center | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 227 West Monroe Street Chicago, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41°52′50″N 87°38′03″W / 41.880681°N 87.634184°WCoordinates: 41°52′50″N 87°38′03″W / 41.880681°N 87.634184°W |
| Construction started | 1986 |
| Completed | 1989 |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 1,007 feet (307 m) |
| Roof | 886 feet (270 m) |
| Top floor | 827 feet (252 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 60 aboveground 2 belowground |
| Floor area | 1,699,987 sq ft (157,934.0 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Adrian D. Smith, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
| Developer | AT&T/Stein & Company |
| Structural engineer | William F. Baker, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
| Main contractor | Mayfair Construction/Blount International |
| References | |
The Franklin Center is a 60-story supertall skyscraper completed in 1989 as the AT&T Corporate Center to consolidate the central region headquarters of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T). It stands at a height of 1,007 ft (307 m) and contains 1,700,000 sq ft (160,000 m2) in the Loop neighborhood of downtown Chicago. It is located two blocks east of the Chicago River and northeast of the Willis Tower with a main address of 227 West Monroe Street and an alternate address of 100 South Franklin Street. in the Loop community area of downtown Chicago.
The supertall building is the tallest constructed in Chicago in the last quarter of the 20th century. It is the 5th tallest building in Chicago and the 13th tallest in the United States. It contains office and retail space and a 350-space garage.
Tishman Speyer acquired the property in 2004 and renamed the adjacent USG Building as Franklin Center in 2007 after USG relocated its offices. The name was later applied to the entire complex.
A 1982 consent decree split the American Telephone & Telegraph Company monopoly into several entities with local service providers becoming part of a Regional Bell Operating Company. In the decade that followed, AT&T erected new buildings across the country including the AT&T Building in New York City. April 5, 1985, AT&T issued a request for proposals that produced eleven respondents. Stein and Co., the winning realtor, sought Skidmore, Owings and Merrill as designers for the purpose of distinguishing a proposal from the nearby Willis Tower. AT&T employees began to occupy the office space April 3, 1989.
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