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Insurance Exchange Building
175 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago IL United States
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1911 | | Finished | 1928 | | Floor Count | 21 | | Floor Area | 139,353 m² |
|  | | Building Uses | | - office | | - restaurant | | - retail | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | Architectural Style | | - neo-classical | | Materials | | - steel | | - brick |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Spire | | 308 ft | | | | | | | | | | Roof | | 299 ft | | | | | | | |
Description
Architect: Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
- At one time this was home to more insurance companies than any other building in the world.
- The 22-story structure was built to accomodate a tower of 20 additional stories on top.
- Constructed in 2 phases sixteen years apart. The north half was completed in 1912, and the south half in 1928.
- The peak of the north skylight is the highest point on the building, three feet higher than the south skylight.
- Before the south half was built, the entire first floor space was occupied by a consolidated railroad ticket office.
- The steel skylights over the light courts were lifted into position by helicopter.
- The recent $80 million renovation upgraded this building from Class C office space to Class A.
- The floorplates are 68,000 ft² each.
- Renovated from 1999 - 2001 by Lucien Lagrange & Associates. The lobby and entrances were redesigned, the two light courts were capped by skylights, and the exterior brick and terra-cotta were cleaned.
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