Two Prudential Plaza
Skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois
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Two Prudential Plaza is a 64-story skyscraper located in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. At 995 feet (303 m) tall, it is the seventh-tallest building in Chicago as of 2022[update] and the 33rd-tallest in the U.S., being only five feet from 1,000 feet, making it the closest of any building under 1,000.[2] Built in 1990, the building was designed by the firm Loebl Schlossman & Hackl, with Stephen T. Wright as the principal in charge of design.[3] It has received eight awards, including winning the Best Structure Award from the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois in 1995.[4]
Chicago, Illinois
United States
| Two Prudential Plaza | |
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 Two Prudential Plaza in May 2016 | |
  Location within Chicago metropolitan area  Two Prudential Plaza (Illinois)  Two Prudential Plaza (the United States) | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Mixed use |
| Architectural style | Postmodernist[1] |
| Location | 180 N. Stetson Av. Chicago, Illinois United States |
| Coordinates | 41°53′08″N 87°37′22″W |
| Construction started | 1988 |
| Completed | 1990 |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 995 ft (303 m)[2] |
| Top floor | 820 ft (250 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 64[2] |
| Floor area | 1,399,986 sq ft (130,063.0 m2)[2] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Loebl Schlossman & Hackl Stephen T. Wright |
| Structural engineer | CBM Engineers Inc. |
| Main contractor | Turner Construction Company |
| Website | |
| onetwopru | |
| References | |
| [2] | |
History
Construction started in 1988, and Two Prudential Plaza was completed in 1990. At the time of completion, Two Prudential was the world's tallest reinforced concrete building. Its distinctive shape features stacked chevron setbacks on the north and south sides, a pyramidal peak rotated 45°, and an 80-foot (24 m) spire.
The building is attached to One Prudential Plaza (formerly known as the Prudential Building) since 1992. Without its spire, the building's height is still slightly greater than that of One Prudential Plaza's pinnacle.[4]
In May 2006, BentleyForbes, a Los Angeles–based real estate investment firm run by Frederick Wehba and his family, purchased Two Prudential Plaza, along with its sister property, One Prudential Plaza for $470 million (equivalent to $751 million in 2025[5]).[6]
In 2015, BentleyForbes defaulted on the mortgage for the towers due to the Great Recession and New York–based investors 601W Companies and Berkley Properties took control of the property after investing more than $100 million (more than $136 million in 2025[5]) in equity to recapitalize.[7] BentleyForbes continues to have an interest in the owning partnership.[8]
Tenants
In popular culture
The building and the plaza appear in the 1994 film Richie Rich as Rich Industries Inc.[10]
Gallery
Pictured in 2015
Pictured in 2006
Building top in 2014
2004 with the Smurfit-Stone in foreground
Aon Center
Grant Park North
Three Chicago Towers
2006
From Lake Shore Drive
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Position in Chicago's skyline
