The Leo Burnett Building, located on 35 West Wacker Drive at North Dearborn Street in the

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, is a 50-story, 635 foot (193 m) tall

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above the

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's Main Stem on the southern bank. When built in 1989, it was the 12th tallest structure in Chicago. It was designed by Kevin Roche-John Dinkeloo and Associates and Shaw & Associates. It is a

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design made with

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and

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. The windows are divided by stainless steel bars, which is typical of " Chicago windows."

Tenants

It houses advertising agency

Leo Burnett Worldwide Leo Burnett Worldwide, Inc., also known as Leo Burnett Company, Inc., is an American advertising company, founded on August 5, 1935, in Chicago by Leo Burnett. In September 2002, the company was acquired by Publicis Groupe, the world's third l ...

, owned by

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, from which it derives its name. The building is also home to the

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and the restaurant Catch 35. Media services agency Starcom Worldwide, also owned by Publicis, has its headquarters located in the building.Emporis
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RR Donnelley R.R. Donnelley is an American Fortune 500 integrated communications company that provides marketing and business communications, commercial printing, and related services. Its corporate headquarters are located in Chicago, Illinois, United State ...

moved its corporate headquarters to this location in May 2015. Donnelly spinoff

Donnelley Financial Solutions Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) is a financial compliance company based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The company provides software as a service (SaaS) products, software-enabled services (SeS), print, and compliance services related ...

is also headquartered here. Publicis Media agencies Performics, Digitas and Spark Foundry moved into the building in 2018, as well as Publicis Sapient in 2019. MJR 20130604 0029-2559539270-O

Position in skyline

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