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.[2] 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[3] 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.[4][5]
See also
- List of buildings
- List of skyscrapers
- List of tallest buildings in Chicago
- List of tallest buildings in the United States
- World's tallest structures
Position in Chicago's skyline
![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.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Chicago_skyline_labelled.jpg/1280px-Chicago_skyline_labelled.jpg)
References
- ^ "Olympia Centre". The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
- ^ "Olympia Centre, Chicago | 117196". Emporis. Archived from the original on February 19, 2007. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ^ Weissbluthpediatrics.com
- ^ "Home Page". Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
- ^ "Contact, Hours, & Directions." Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago. Retrieved on March 7, 2010.
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