2345 Grand

Coordinates: 39°05′06″N 94°34′52″W / 39.085015°N 94.581216°W / 39.085015; -94.581216
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2345 Grand
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General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
Location2345 Grand, Kansas City, Missouri
Coordinates39°05′06″N 94°34′52″W / 39.085015°N 94.581216°W / 39.085015; -94.581216
Opening1977
OwnerFranklin Street Properties Corp
Height
Roof352 ft (107 m)
Technical details
Floor count28
Floor area606,400 square feet (56,340 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Fujikawa Conterato Lohan & Associates

2345 Grand (formerly the IBM Plaza, IBM Building and Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Building) is a high-rise office building located in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] It is listed on many sites as being the work of Mies van der Rohe; however, he died in 1969 before the building could be opened in 1977. The work was done by Fujikawa Conterato Lohan & Associates.[2]

The building was originally built to be both the western headquarters of now defunct Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company[3] and an IBM office. At the time, it was called both the Mutual Benefit Building and the IBM Building.

It was acquired by Shorenstein Properties, who sold the building for $49.5 million in 2004 to Hines Interests Limited Partnership and GE Real Estate. In turn, they sold the structure for $75 million to Franklin Street Properties Corp in December 2007.[4]

The current principal tenant in the building is the law firm of Lathrop & Gage, which occupies nine floors of the building. It also houses Missouri's Federal Immigration Court.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mutual Benefit Life Building". The Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  2. ^ Emporis.com profile
  3. ^ International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 3. St. James Press, 1991
  4. ^ 2345 Grand sees sale price go through the roof by 66% - Silicon Valley Business Journal - December 21, 2007

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