{{Short description|Office skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox building |name = Kemper Building |status = complete |image = Kemper Building, Chicago in May 2016.jpg |caption = (May 2016) |location = 1 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois |coordinates = |construction_start_date = |completion_date = 1962 |architect = Shaw, Metz and Associates |owner = |cost = |floor_area = |top_floor = |floor_count = 41 |references = |building_type = Office |architectural_style = Modernism |antenna_spire = |roof = {{convert|522|ft|m|abbr=on}} |elevator_count = |structural_engineer = |main_contractor = |opening_date = |developer = |operator = }}
The '''Kemper Building''' is a 522 ft (159m) tall skyscraper in the Loop area of Downtown Chicago, Illinois. It was completed 1962 and has 41 floors. When it was completed, it was the tallest marble-clad office building in Chicago. In March 2018, the building's namesake tenant Kemper Corporation announced it was leaving the building for the nearby Aon Center.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2018/03/30/601w-companies-signs-kemper-corporation-for-new-headquarters-lease-at-aon-center|title=601W Companies signs Kemper Corporation for new headquarters lease at Aon Center |date=2018-03-30 |work=The Real Deal}}</ref>
==See also== *List of tallest buildings in Chicago
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==External links== *{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/116833 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126182834/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/116833 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |title=Emporis building ID 116833 |work=Emporis}} *{{SkyscraperPage|4696}}
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Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Chicago Category:Office buildings completed in 1962 Category:1962 establishments in Illinois