Merchandise Mart

The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building located in the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. When it opened in 1930 it was the largest building in the world, with 4,000,000 square feet (372,000 m²) of floor space.[1][2] The building was once owned by the Kennedy family. At a brief point, the building was so large, it had its own zip code.[3]

Merchandise Mart


General information
Type	Mixed
Architectural style	Art Deco
Location	222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41.8884°N 87.6355°W / 41.8884; -87.6355
Construction started	August 16, 1928
Completed	1930
Opening	May 5, 1930
Owner	Vornado Realty Trust
Height
Roof	340 ft (100 m)
Technical details
Floor count	18 base, 25 tower
Floor area	4,000,000 square feet (372,000 m²)
Design and construction
Architect	Graham, Anderson, Probst and White
Main contractor	John W. Griffiths & Sons

The sign on the building

References

"Marchitecture". merchandisemart.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
"Architects". merchandisemart.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-24. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
"How 1871 Has Changed Chicago's Startup World One Year Later". NBC Chicago. 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2014-06-08.

Other websites

Media related to Merchandise Mart at Wikimedia Commons

Skyscrapers in Chicago
Skyscrapers over 400m	Willis Tower • Trump International Hotel and Tower • Tribune East Tower (Approved)
Skyscrapers over 300m	Aon Center • 875 North Michigan Avenue • Franklin Center • Two Prudential Plaza • St. Regis • 400 Lake Shore Drive (proposed) • One Chicago Square (under construction)
Skyscrapers over 250m	Wolf Point South Tower (under construction) • 311 South Wacker Drive • 900 North Michigan • Water Tower Place • Chase Tower • Park Tower • One Prudential Plaza • Aqua • The Legacy at Millennium Park • Harbor Point • One Bennett Park • NEMA • 1000M (proposed)
Skyscrapers over 200m	111 South Wacker Drive • 77 West Wacker Drive • 340 on the Park • Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower • One Museum Park • Waldorf Astoria Chicago • One Magnificent Mile • Three First National Plaza • 300 North LaSalle • 181 West Madison Street • 330 North Wabash • Olympia Centre • 150 North Riverside Chicago • 200 North Riverside Plaza • Wolf Point East Tower (under construction) • 725 West Randolph (proposed)
Skyscrapers over 150m	Chicago Board of Trade Building • Chicago Title & Trust Building • Olympia Centre • Crain Communications Building • Richard J. Daley Center • Waterview Tower • Marina City • CNA Center • 155 North Wacker • 35 East Wacker • Tribune Tower • Pittsfield Building • Carbide & Carbon Building • Boeing International Headquarters • 55 East Erie Street • Civic Opera House • The Parkshore • Palmolive Building • Chicago Temple Building • One South Dearborn • 190 South LaSalle Street • The Fordham • One Museum Park West • Madison Plaza • Millennium Centre • Chicago Place • 353 North Clark • NBC Tower • One North Wacker • The Heritage at Millennium Park • River East Center • Lake Point Tower • Inland Steel Building • Metropolitan Tower • Mather Tower • Kluczynski Federal Building • Citigroup Center • Hyatt Center • Leo Burnett Building • 191 North Wacker
Skyscrapers over 100m	333 Wacker Drive • Wrigley Building • Skybridge • Plaza 440 • Joffrey Tower • 333 North Michigan • Merchandise Mart • InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile • Allerton Hotel • Regents Park • Time-Life Building • Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse
Skyscrapers under 100m	James R. Thompson Center • Chicago City Hall
Abandoned Skyscrapers	Old Chicago Main Post Office Redevelopment • Chicago Spire • The Illinois • Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle

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