The Olympia Centre is a
skyscraper in
Chicago
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. 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
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. Construction started in 1981, and was completed in 1986. The building's name is connected through the original developer,
Olympia and York
Olympia & York (also spelled as Olympia and York, abbreviated as O&Y) was a major international property development firm based in Toronto, Canada. The firm built major financial office complexes including Canary Wharf in London, the World Fina ...
of
Toronto
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.
The building is divided into three zones: a retail zone occupied by
Neiman Marcus
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, commercial office space from floors 6 through 23, and private condominium residences from floors 24 through 63.
Weissbluth Pediatricsis located in Suite 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.
Contact, Hours, & Directions
" Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago. Retrieved on March 7, 2010.
See also
*List of buildings
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*List of skyscrapers
This list of tallest buildings includes skyscrapers with continuously occupiable floors and a height of at least . Non-building structures, such as towers, are not included in this list (for these, see '' List of tallest buildings and structu ...
*List of tallest buildings in Chicago
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*List of tallest buildings in the United States
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*World's tallest structures
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Position in Chicago's skyline
References
Emporis listing
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Streeterville, Chicago