2345 Grand

2345 Grand

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name =2345 Grand


caption = 2345 Grand
(tower on right)
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location = 2345 Grand, Kansas City, Missouri
coordinates = coord|39.085015|N|94.581216|W|format=dms
status = Completed
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opening = 1977
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use = Office
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roof = 477 feet/145M
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floor_count = 28
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floor_area = convert|606400|sqft|m2
architect = Fujikawa Conterato Lohan & Associates
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owner = Franklin Street Properties Corp
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2345 Grand (formerly the IBM Plaza, IBM Building and Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Building) was the tallest building in Kansas City, Missouri from 1977 until 1980 and is part of the Crown Center complex.

It is listed on many sites as being the work of Mies van der Rohe, however, he died in 1969 before the 1977 opening. The work was done by Fujikawa Conterato Lohan & Associates. [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=mutualbenefitlifebuilding-kansascity-mo-usa Emporis.com profile] ] The International style building is a smaller version of the IBM Plaza in Chicago that is also attributed to Mies.

The building was originally built to be the western headquarters of now defunct Mutual Benefit Life Insurance [ [http://www.answers.com/topic/the-mutual-benefit-life-insurance-company?cat=biz-fin International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 3. St. James Press, 1991] ] and an IBM office. At the time, it was called both the Mutual Benefit Building and the IBM Building.

It was acquired by the Shorenstein Company, who sold the building for $49.5 million in 2004 to Hines Interests LP and GE Real Estate. They in turn sold the building for $75 million in December 2007 to Franklin Street Properties Corp. [ [http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/othercities/kansascity/stories/2007/12/24/focus6.html?b=1198472400%5E1566369 2345 Grand sees sale price go through the roof by 66% - Silicon Valley Business Journal - December 21, 2007] ]

The current principal tenant in the building is law firm of Lathrop and Gage whose name is emblazoned on the top of the building. Two other legal groups, Armstrong Teasdale LLP and King Hershey PC, also occupy the building, and it is the headquarters of the Assurant Employee Benefits division of Assurant.

2345 Grand is currently the fourth tallest building in Kansas City and eighth tallest building in Missouri.

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External links

* [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=564 skycraperpage.com profile]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=mutualbenefitlifebuilding-kansascity-mo-usa Emporis.com profile]


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