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Olympia Centre

Chicago, United States

The 388th tallest building in the world

221 m · 725 ft

The Olympia Centre is a skyscraper in Chicago. It is a mixed use building consisting of offices in the lower part of the building and residences in the narrower upper section. It was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and at 725 ft (221 m) tall, with 63 floors, it is Chicago's tallest mid-block building. The exterior is Swedish granite, which was finished in Italy. Construction started in 1981, and was completed in 1986. The building's name is connected through the original developer, Olympia and York of Toronto. The building is divided into three zones: a retail zone occupied by Neiman Marcus, commercial office space from floors 6 through 23, and private condominium residences from floors 24 through 63. Weissbluth Pediatrics is located in Suite 820 in the Olympia Centre and is the only pediatric practice in the city of Chicago performing house call visits for its families. The Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago (Zai Shikago Nippon-koku Sōryōjikan) is located in Suite 1100 in the Olympia Centre.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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