900 North Michigan

900 North Michigan Avenue
900 North Michigan Avenue
	Location within Chicago metropolitan area 900 North Michigan (Illinois) 900 North Michigan (the United States)
General information
Type	Mixed
Location	900 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Coordinates	41°53′59″N 87°37′30″W / 41.89972°N 87.62500°W
Completed	1988
Height
Roof	871 ft (265 m)
Technical details
Floor count	66
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Kohn Pedersen Fox ; HKS, Inc.
Developer	Urban Retail Properties
Main contractor	J.A. Jones Construction
Other information
Public transit access	CTA; Red at Chicago

900 North Michigan in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois, is a skyscraper completed in 1989. At 871 feet (265 m) tall, it is the eleventh tallest building in Chicago as of 2023^[update] and the 59th-tallest in the United States. It was developed by Urban Retail Properties in 1988 as an upscale sister to Water Tower Place, one block southeast, and was the second vertical mall built along the Magnificent Mile.

The building features a large, upscale shopping mall called 900 North Michigan Shops. Bloomingdale's occupies the rear of its wide, six-story atrium, with other luxury shops and restaurants filling the remaining spaces. For this reason, it is commonly referred to as the "Bloomingdale's Building".^[1] The mall opened with Henri Bendel as a "junior anchor," since closed. The layout of the retail area reflects lessons learned from Water Tower Place; the anchor's placement at the rear draws shoppers through the space and creates leasable space with valuable Michigan Avenue frontage, while the arrangement of escalators in parallel, rather than in zig-zags, directs foot traffic past more shops.

Offices originally occupied floors 8–28, but floors 21–28 were converted to condo units in 2007, leaving offices on floors 8–20. The luxurious Four Seasons Hotel occupies the middle floors (30–46) of the tower. Floors 48–66 are part of the 132 East Delaware Residences, these 106 condominiums were part of the original building plan. A large 12-story parking garage, with retail on the ground level and a medical clinic atop, occupies the rear half of the block, facing Rush Street.

The exterior of the tower is clad in limestone and green glass which reflects the light. The building has a steel skeleton on which a concrete frame was erected for the upper floors. Because the building materials changed, cranes used to work on the lower floors could not be used for the concrete portion and new cranes had to be erected to complete the building. Four lit "lanterns" atop the structure give it a distinctive skyline presence. They change colors for the Christmas season.^[1]

Office tenants[edit]

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Retailers at the 900 Shops include:^[2]

Position in Chicago's skyline[edit]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "900 North Michigan, Chicago". Archived from the original on 1 January 2007.
^ 900 Shops directory Archived 2015-01-25 at the Wayback Machine

External links[edit]

[emporis.com-1] "900 North Michigan, Chicago". Archived from the original on 1 January 2007.

[2] 900 Shops directory Archived 2015-01-25 at the Wayback Machine

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Buildings in italics have been demolished.

v t e Chicago area shopping malls
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Lifestyle/outdoor	Algonquin Commons The Arboretum of South Barrington Arlington Town Square The Brickyard Burr Ridge Village Center Cermak Plaza Chicago Premium Outlets Chinatown Square Deerbrook Mall Deer Park Town Center Deerfield Square Galleria Center Geneva Commons The Glen Town Center Harper Court Lincolnshire Commons Main Street Promenade Market Square Naperville Crossings North Towne Mall Northgate Shopping Center Oakbrook Center Plaza del Lago The Promenade Bolingbrook The Quentin Collection Randhurst Village Renaissance Place Springbrook Prairie Pavilion Sutton Park Shopping Center The Streets of Woodfield Town & Country Center Town Square Wheaton Westfield Old Orchard Westridge Court
Former/defunct	1800 N. Clybourn Brementowne Mall Century Mall Charlestowne Mall Chicago Place Chicagoland Outlets Crystal Point Mall Dixie Square Mall The Grove of Downers Grove Hillcrest Shopping Center Hillside Shopping Center Huntley Outlet Center Jefferson Square Mall Lakehurst Mall Lincoln Mall Meadowdale Shopping Center Meadows Town Mall North Pier Old Chicago One Schaumburg Place Orland Park Place Park Forest Plaza Piano Factory Outlet Mall The Plaza, Prairie View Plaza St. Charles Mall South Commons Mall Washington Square Mall Woodmar Mall Spring Hill Mall

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