| Google center | |
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.jpg) Front façade looking northwest. | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Postmodern |
| Town or city | Loop district, Chicago, Illinois |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 41°53′07″N 87°37′54″W / 41.88528°N 87.63167°W |
| Completed | May 1985 |
| Client | Illinois State Government Google (2024) |
| Owner | JRTC Holdings LLC. (70%) State of Illinois (30%) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 17 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Helmut Jahn |
The James R. Thompson Center (JRTC), under reconstruction as Google center or Googleplex Chicago, originally the State of Illinois Center, is a postmodern-style building designed by architect Helmut Jahn, located at 100 W. Randolph Street in the Loop district of Chicago. Designed around a post-modernist rotunda, it was built to house offices of the Illinois state government in the most populated city and county of the state and opened in 1985.[1] In 2022, state government offices were relocated nearby to less costly quarters. Internet company Google purchased the building from the state and expects to move in 2026, after two years and $280 million of renovations.[2]
- ^ "Thompson Center". Preservation Chicago. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ Google’s plan to take over Thompson Center a shot in the arm for downtown Chicago and for Gov. J.B. Pritzker Chicago Tribune, Dan Petrella and Brian J. Rogal, July 27, 2022