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&sq=&lang=&file=File:2020-01-01_4904x7356_chicago_aon_center.jpg) The Aon Center in January 2020 | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Chicago_locator_map.png)  Location within Chicago metropolitan area &sq=&lang=&file=File:USA_Illinois_location_map.svg) Aon Center (Chicago) (Illinois) &sq=&lang=&file=File:Usa_edcp_location_map.svg) Aon Center (Chicago) (the United States) | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| Location | 200 E. Randolph St. Chicago, Illinois 60601 United States |
| Coordinates | 41°53′07″N 87°37′17″W / 41.88528°N 87.62139°W |
| Construction started | 1970 |
| Opening | 1973 |
| Cost | US$120 million |
| Owner | Mark Karasick Victor Gerstein[1] |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 346.3 m (1,136 ft)[2] |
| Tip | 362.5 m (1,189 ft)[2] |
| Top floor | 328 m (1,076 ft)[2] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 83 above ground[2] 5 below ground |
| Floor area | 334,448 m2 (3,599,968 sq ft)[2] |
| Lifts/elevators | 50, made by the Otis Elevator Company |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Edward Durell Stone[2] |
| Developer | Standard Oil of Indiana |
| Main contractor | Turner Construction[2] |
| References | |
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The Aon Center (200 East Randolph Street, formerly Amoco Building)[3] is a modern supertall skyscraper located in the Northeast corner of the Chicago Loop, Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by architect firms Edward Durell Stone and The Perkins and Will partnership, and completed in 1973[4] as the Standard Oil Building (nicknamed "Big Stan").[5] With 83 floors and a height of 1,136 feet (346 m), it is the fourth-tallest building in Chicago,[2] surpassed in height by Willis Tower, Trump International Hotel and Tower, and St Regis Chicago.
The building is managed by Jones Lang LaSalle, which is also headquartered in the building. Aon Center houses the headquarters of Aon, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and Kraft Heinz (BCBS and Kraft Heinz each have a second headquarters, located in D.C. and Pittsburgh respectively);[6] the building formerly served as the world headquarters of Amoco prior to its merger into BP.[7][8][9][10]
The building was briefly the tallest in Chicago, but was soon surpassed by the Sears Tower. It was the fourth-tallest building in the world at the time of its completion.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Skyscraper Center: Aon Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014.
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- ^ Saliga, Pauline, ed. (1990). The Sky's the Limit: A Century of Chicago Skyscrapers. New York: Rizzoli. p. 219. ISBN 978-0847811793.
- ^ "Aon Center, Chicago". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 7, 2006. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Blue Cross and Blue Shield Customer Service – Contact Us | bcbs.com". Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ^ Tadena, Nathalie; Dean, Jason; Scism, Leslie (January 14, 2012). "Aon Shifts Headquarters to London". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ "Contacts". Amoco. February 12, 1998. Retrieved on March 31, 2010.
- ^ Du, Lisa (February 23, 2017). "Kraft Heinz eliminated another 1,000 jobs in 2016". Chicago Tribune. Bloomberg News.
- ^ "Kraft Heinz preps HQ move into Chicago". Chicago Business Journal. July 15, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2020.