330 North Wabash
Information
Status	Complete
Constructed	1973
Companies
Architect	Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Owner	Prime Group Realty Trust

330 North Wabash (formerly IBM Plaza) is a skyscraper in downtown Chicago, Illinois, at 330 North Wabash Avenue, designed by famed architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. A small bust of the architect by sculptor Marino Marini is displayed in the lobby. The building is situated on a plaza overlooking the Chicago River and is across the street from the construction site of the Trump International Hotel and Tower. 330 North Wabash is the second-tallest building by Mies van der Rohe, the tallest being the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower at Toronto-Dominion Centre. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (350x700, 41 KB)Chicagos IBM Building. ... The reconstructed German Pavilion in Barcelona Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German architect. ... The Sears Tower in Chicago is still the tallest building in the world with its antennas included. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, The City of Big Shoulders The 312 Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 0 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... The reconstructed German Pavilion in Barcelona Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German architect. ... Marino Marini (1901- 1980) was a twentieth-century Italian sculptor. ... Trump International Hotel and Tower under construction, April 2006 The Trump International Hotel and Tower is a skyscraper condo-hotel under construction in downtown Chicago, Illinois named for famed real estate developer Donald Trump. ... The Toronto-Dominion Centre. ...

Like Chicago's Sears Tower, the building's corporate namesake no longer owns nor has offices in the building. IBM sold IBM Plaza to the Blackstone Group in 1996. IBM all but completed its move out of IBM Plaza as of early 2006, taking up space in the new Hyatt Center building closer to Union Station. Prominent law firm Jenner & Block is also vacating the building in favor of 350 North Clark Street. Trump's building will block IBM Plaza's views of Lake Michigan to the east, and the law firm occupies many of the top floors. The Sears Tower is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, and the tallest building in the United States. ... The Blackstone Group L.P. (not to be confused with investment management firm BlackRock, Inc. ... Jenner & Block is a U.S. law firm with offices in Chicago, Dallas, New York, and Washington, DC. Over 400 attorneys serve a wide range of clients in corporate litigation, business transactions, and in the public sector. ...

IBM Plaza has several design features that are rare in an office building but understandable given its original owner. The building's electrical system, environmental system, floor strength, and ceiling height (on certain floors) can support large "raised floor" computing centers. Also, the "banked" intelligent elevator system is a model of efficiency and rarely keeps anyone waiting for service. IBM Plaza stayed dry during the 1992 Chicago Flood. The Chicago Flood began on April 13, 1992 when a hole was punched through the bottom of the Chicago River into abandoned utility tunnels causing a leak which eventually flooded basements and underground facilities in much of the Chicago Loop. ...

Notable tenants as of 2006 include the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and several smaller law firms. However, with the departure of IBM and Jenner & Block, IBM Plaza could be over 50% vacant. Prime Group Realty Trust, soon to be acquired by Lightstone Group LLC, the building's current owner is seeking to partially convert it to condominiums^[1]. A condominium, or condo for short, is a form of housing tenure. ...

Education

If 330 North Wabash develops business condominiums, the condominiums will be zoned to the following Chicago Public Schools schools: Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians, is a school district that controls over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois. ...

• Ogden School [1]
• Phillips Academy High School

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

Famous or notable buildings with articles about them include: Index: A-B - C - D-G - H-L - M-O - P-R - S - T-V - W 1 Canada Square, London, United Kingdom 2 Fevrier Sofitel Hotel, Lomé, Togo 8 Canada Square, London, United Kingdom 30 St Mary Axe, London, United Kingdom... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building since its completion in 2004, is located in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). ... Chicago downtown Chicago has the tallest building in the United States, the Sears Tower, and many slightly shorter buildings, almost all in the Loop or along North Michigan Avenue. ... The 400 North Lake Shore Drive is going to be 2,000 feet tall and is expected to be completed in 2010. ... For many millennia the record holder for worlds tallest structure was clearly defined (see table below. ...

External links

• Emporis.com page
• Google Maps page

References

1. ^ Susan Diesenhouse. IBM building seeks condos. Chicago Tribune, 5 October 2006.

• IBM Plaza on Emporis