Franklin Center (Chicago)
Franklin Center | |
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Adrian D. Smith, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | |
Developer | AT&T/Stein & Company |
Structural engineer | William F. Baker, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
Main contractor | Mayfair Construction/Blount International |
References | |
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The Franklin Center is a 60-story
The building is the tallest constructed in Chicago in the last quarter of the 20th century.[5][6] It is the 6th tallest building in Chicago and the 23rd tallest in the United States.[1] It contains office and retail space and a 350-space garage.[7]
Tishman Speyer acquired the property in 2004 and renamed the adjacent USG Building as Franklin Center in 2007 after USG relocated its offices. The name was later applied to the entire complex.[8][9]
History
A 1982 consent decree
The building was built under a self-imposed comprehensive minority contracting and affirmative action package that met the city's 1985 30% hiring rule for public sector projects. Chicago mayor Harold Washington's administration issued a directive that 30% of the work for public sector projects be set aside for minority and women-owned businesses. In a show of support for this rule, Stein & Co. and AT&T adopted the rule for its private development.[11]
Architecture
Designed by
Interior
The
Features
The building features a lobby-level 650-seat restaurant, a 23,000-square-foot (2,100 m2) retail concourse on two levels, and a 170-car 24-hour parking facility on the lower two levels.[2] The building lobby extends all the way through the block to connect with the USG Building and an atrium links the two structures.[5]
Exterior lighting
As with other downtown buildings, the tower's setbacks and spires are accented by colored lights at night.[5] The building's managers were praised for dimming their lights during bird migrations, reducing bird mortality 80%.[13]
USG Building
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The USG Corporation developed the 35-story 1.1-million-square-foot (100,000 m2) structure originally known as the USG Building as its corporate headquarters building immediately adjacent to and connected to the AT&T Corporate Center in 1992.[2][14] Located at 125 South Franklin Street, the same developers, architects and design teams were chosen, and the two buildings were built jointly as a block-long complex on an 85,000-square-foot (7,900 m2) site.[4][12] They share a 16-story atrium which houses a grand arcade and serves as a common base to the two separate towers.[2] When USG Corporation moved to a new facility in 2007, the building was renamed Franklin Center.[9]
Proximity to transit
Positioned near the southwest corner of the Loop, the building is near two elevated stations of the
Tenants
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- A.T. Kearney
- Amazon
- Centurylink
- Citigroup[15]
- Credit Agricole[16]
- Glanbia Nutritionals[17]
- KeyBank
- Options Clearing Corporation[18]
- Cantor Fitzgerald
- Credit Suisse[19]
- Eris Exchange[20]
- FTI Consulting[21]
- General American Transportation Corporation[22]
- Guggenheim Partners[23]
- HSBC
- John Crane Group[24]
- Robert W. Baird & Co.[9]
- The Cambridge Group[25]
- TGG Group[26]
- The Trade Desk[27]
- West Monroe Partners
- Zekelman Industries[28]
Awards
- 1990 - Award of Excellence for Urban Development, from the Chicago Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties[citation needed]
- 1992 - Best New Building, from the Chicago civic group Friends of Downtown[citation needed]
- 1997 - Most Valuable Property National Top Ten, from The Wall Street Journal[citation needed]
- 1998 - Prix d'Excellence, Office Properties Worldwide, from FIABCI International[citation needed]
Position in Chicago's skyline
The Center is the 6th tallest completed building in Chicago, trailing the
![The skyline of a city with many large skyscrapers; in the foreground is a green park and a lake with many sailboats moored on it. Over 30 of the skyscrapers and some park features are labeled.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Chicago_skyline_labelled.jpg/1280px-Chicago_skyline_labelled.jpg)
See also
- List of buildings
- List of tallest buildings in the world
- List of tallest buildings in the world by continent
- List of tallest buildings in Chicago
- List of tallest buildings in the United States
- List of tallest buildings and structures in the world
- List of tallest buildings and structures in the world by country
- List of tallest structures in the world
- List of tallest structures in the world by type of use
- List of tallest structures in the United States
Notes
- ^ a b "Franklin Center - North Tower". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "AT&T Corporate Center/USG Building" (PDF). Mesirow Financial. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 9, 2006. Retrieved April 5, 2007.
- ^ a b "Chicago diagram". SkyscraperPage. 2007. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9667-2590-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Franklin Center". Emporis. 2007. Archived from the original on April 15, 2004. Retrieved April 4, 2007.
- ^ a b "Franklin Center". SkyscraperPage. 2007. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ "The Franklin". Tishman Speyer. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ "AT&T Corporate Center". Emporis. Retrieved September 29, 2014.[dead link]
- ^ a b c Corfman, Thomas (June 20, 2007). "Baird to almost double space at AT&T Corporate Center". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8478-2104-4.
- ProQuest 198374878.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-1560-2908-7.
- National Audubon Society. Archived from the originalon February 8, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ "Landmark Chicago". The Chicago Athenaeum. 2001. Archived from the original on June 1, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ "Citi Achieves LEED Gold Certification for Chicago Office Space". Wight & Company (Press release). December 15, 2008. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ "Our Global Markets - United States". Credit Agricole. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ "My Glanbia: Locations". Glanbia. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ "Contact and Feedback". Options Clearance Corporation. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ Corfman, Thomas A. (September 27, 2010). "Franklin Center sees vacancies rise". Crain's Chicago Business.
- ^ "About Us". Eris Innovations. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ Corfman, Thomas A. (March 19, 2009). "Double whammy for 333 W. Wacker". Crain's Chicago Business.
- ^ "Tishman Speyer Inks GATX to 109,000-SF Lease in Chicago" (PDF) (Press release). Commercial Property Network. August 10, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ "Contact Us". Guggenheim Partners. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ Tekippe, Abraham (May 13, 2013). "Manufacturer moves HQ to West Loop from Morton Grove". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
- ^ "About Us". The Cambridge Group. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ "About". TGG group. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ "Office Locations". The Trade Desk. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
- ^ "Locations". Zekelman Industries. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
External links
- Franklin Center - North Tower on CTBUHSkyscraper Center
- Franklin Center at tishmanspeyer.com