Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower

All you want to know about Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower

Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower

Photo prior to expansion June 2nd, 2007
Information
Location 300 E. Randolph St.
Chicago, Illinois
Status Under expansion
Constructed 1995-1997, 2007-Present
Use Office
Height
Roof 125 m (411 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 32
Companies
Architect Lohan Associates, Inc.
BCBS on Sept. 9

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower (BCBS) is located on the north end of Grant Park along E. Randolph St. at the NE corner of Randolph and Columbus, in Chicago, United States of America.

The building's address is 300 E. Randolph. The building is located next to the Aon Center and original plans hoped to connect the two buildings via an underground pedway but the plans never came to fruition.

BCBS was originally designed to allow for many more floors to be built later as market conditions warrant and indeed in the center of the building you can see a large open space where more elevators can be inserted into the building to accommodate additional floors.

The building was completed in 1997 and the large expanse of windows facing Grant Park are often used to spell out words to commemorate or celebrate events and happenings in Chicago. There is a Subway eatery and a Dunkin Donuts in the basement.

Contents

Expansion

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Some or all of this information may be speculative, and the content may change as building construction begins.
Left: Blue Cross Build Shield Tower (BCBST) under expansion (2008-09-03)Right: One and Two Prudential Plaza, Aon Center BCBST, 340 on the Park and The Buckingham (2008-04-09) Left: Blue Cross Build Shield Tower (BCBST) under expansion (2008-09-03)Right: One and Two Prudential Plaza, Aon Center BCBST, 340 on the Park and The Buckingham (2008-04-09)
Left: Blue Cross Build Shield Tower (BCBST) under expansion (2008-09-03)
Right: One and Two Prudential Plaza, Aon Center BCBST, 340 on the Park and The Buckingham (2008-04-09)

In 2006 the City of Chicago granted a building permit to Health Care Service Corporation dba Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois to build up instead of out; once completed (planned for 2010) the "new" tower will be 57 stories and will be the first project in Chicago to build up.

As of May 2008, two construction cranes can be seen on the roof of the building to facilitate the expansion.

As of August 2008, the building is over 43 floors.

As of December 2008, the building is on schedule for external completion at the end of 2009 and to be occupied by the end of 2010. It is estimated at completion it will stand 796 ft tall (from the base).

See also

Position in Chicago's skyline

311 South Wacker Sears Tower Chicago Board of Trade 111 South Wacker AT&T_Corporate_Center CNA Plaza Chase Tower Three First National Plaza Mid-Continental Plaza Daley Center Chicago Title and Trust 77 West wacker Drive Pittsfield Building Leo Burnett Building The Heritage Smurfit-Stone Building IBM Plaza Buckingham Fountain Lake Michigan Lake Michigan Lake Michigan Jay Pritzker Pavilion One Prudential Plaza Two Prudential Plaza Aon Center Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower 340 on the Park Park Tower Olympia Centre 900 North Michigan John Hancock Center Water Tower Place Harbor Point The Parkshore North Pier Apartments Lake Point Tower

References

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Coordinates: 41°53′5.55″N -87°37′11.66″E / 41.884875, -86.3800944

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