2345 Grand (formerly the IBM Plaza, IBM Building and Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Building) is a high-rise office building located in

Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...

. It is listed on many sites as being the work of Mies van der Rohe; however, he died in 1969 before the building could be opened in 1977. The work was done by Fujikawa Conterato Lohan & Associates. The building was originally built to be both the western headquarters of now defunct

Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company was a life insurance company that was chartered in 1845 and based in Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The company was headed by Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848–1924). The company w ...

and an IBM office. At the time, it was called both the Mutual Benefit Building and the IBM Building. It was acquired by

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, who sold the building for $49.5 million in 2004 to

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and GE Real Estate. In turn, they sold the structure for $75 million to Franklin Street Properties Corp in December 2007.2345 Grand sees sale price go through the roof by 66% - Silicon Valley Business Journal - December 21, 2007
/ref> The current principal tenant in the building is the law firm of Lathrop & Gage, which occupies nine floors of the building. It also houses Missouri's Federal Immigration Court.

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