|  | Olympia Centre
161 East Chicago Avenue, Magnificent Mile, North
Chicago IL United States
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| Status: | | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1981 | | Finished | 1986 | | Floor Count | 63 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - mixed use | | - office | | - residential | | - retail | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | Architectural Style | | - postmodern | | Materials | | - glass | | - steel | | - granite | | - concrete, reinforced |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Roof | | 725 ft | | | | | | | |
Description
• Constructors: Alan G. Davenport Wind Engineering Group BLWTL, Draper and Kramer, Incorporated, Equicon Group, Fujitec America Inc. (Chicago), Gust K. Newberg Construction Co., National Survey Service Inc.
• Investor: Equity Financial & Management Co.
• Owner: Olympia & York Properties Corporation, Paschen Contractors Inc.
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• Building, tallest mid-block building in Chicago, has inclinated wider lower part (6-23 storeys) for Office floors and upper part for residential floors (24-63 storeys).
• The Windows are of many different sizes in a layout on the façade, resembling a jacket with a zipper.
• It has 640,000 ft² for residential units, many duplex with 2-story rooms and enormous windows, and over 370,000 ft² of office space.
• It is connected to a Neiman Marcus department store which fronts on Michigan Avenue.
• Swedish granite finished in Italy was used in lobby.
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