United Building (Chicago)
| 77 West Wacker Drive | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Office |
| Construction started | 1990 |
| Completed | 1992 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 668 ft (204 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 49 |
| Floor area | 1,039,987 sq ft (96,618.0 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 25 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura |
| Developer | Prime Group Realty Trust |
| Structural engineer | Cohen-Barreto-Marchertas |
| Main contractor | Schal Associates, Inc. |
77 West Wacker Drive, previously the United Building, is an office building in the Loop, Chicago. Finished in 1992, the building rises to a height of 668 ft (204 m) with around 944,000 square feet (87,700 m2) of interior space. The building, with 50 floors, was designed by Ricardo Bofill. It was formerly known as the RR Donnelley Building when the RR Donnelley printing company was the primary tenant. RR Donnelley moved its corporate headquarters to a different location in May 2005, and in 2007 the building became the corporate headquarters of United Airlines. The deal included naming rights to the building.
This was the world headquarters of Chicago-based United Airlines and its parent company, United Continental Holdings. It also served as the headquarters for United Continental subsidiary Continental Airlines until its certificate was merged with United on November 30, 2011. (In 2012, United moved its headquarters to the Willis Tower, where the company occupies around 20 floors.)
Archer Daniels Midland moved its headquarters to the building in August 2014 from Decatur, Illinois.
The building has a newsletter called "FOCUS", published by Prime Group Realty Trust.
By 1990, Keck, Mahin & Cate, a then-prominent Chicago-based law firm, considered moving out of its space in the Sears Tower and moving into a potential new development, which would become 77 West Wacker Drive. Brokers who were familiar with the lease negotiations stated that Sears was trying to keep Keck, Mahin & Cate in the building. Keck, Mahin & Cate decided to move into 77 West Wacker, and the Prime Group, developer of 77 West Wacker, finalized the development of the facility. In 1991, RR Donnelley leased 215,000 square feet (20,000 m2) on floors 9 through 19 for its world headquarters, and Kemper Securities leased 150,000 square feet (14,000 m2).
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