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Complete

Location
  
Chicago, Illinois

Completed
  
1986

Height
  
215 m, 223 m to tip

Opened
  
1986

Construction started
  
1981

Type
  
Mixed-use

Country
  
United States

Architectural
  
222.9 m (731 ft)

Floors
  
63

Floor area
  
13 ha

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Architecture firm
  
Skid, Owings & Merrill

Similar
  
Grant Thornton Tower, One Magnificent Mile, The Heritage at Millenniu, 181 West Madison Street, One Museum Park

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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 LLP, 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 completed 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.

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Map of Olympia Centre, 161 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

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 (在シカゴ日本国総領事館 Zai Shikago Nippon-koku Sōryōjikan) is located in Suite 1100 in the Olympia Centre.

References

Olympia Centre Wikipedia