Firm： Lamar Johnson Collaborative

Type： Commercial › Office

STATUS： Under Construction

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SIZE： 500,000 sqft - 1,000,000 sqft

Brookfield Properties is re-imagining and renovating one of Chicago’s most iconic buildings, the historic Marshall Field’s department store and current Macy’s flagship store in the loop. The renovation will include up to 650,000 SF of premier office space, as well as first in class amenities and rooftop deck with expansive views of Lake Michigan. The retrofit and renovation preserves the beautiful historical features that makes this building so iconic, and still brings the critical components for an office user up to class A condition.

The name Marshall Field’s is rooted deep in Chicago’s history, its flagship retail State Street building is an iconic place to shop for patrons across the country. Clayco and LJC are working alongside our clients at Brookfield to design and construct a lower level building infrastructure renovation, a new entry and lobby with “fourteen completely new” high-speed elevators forming a modern accessway to the top floors, and an office build-out of the iconic structure’s highest seven floors, complete with incredible amenities.

Renovations in the lower levels will enhance aesthetics inside and out, including a new grand entrance and exterior canopy at the new office space address of 24 East Washington, leading into a brand new main lobby. The lower level design remains loyal to Marshall Field’s classic ornamental gold features while adding warm, modern finishes. Top floors, eight through fourteen, will be remediated from their historic condition and transformed into white space for office build-outs. In addition to downtown views, state-of-the-art amenities finish off the high floors, including an indoor/outdoor roof-top terrace, fitness center, and additional meeting space. Construction will require extensive structural coordination given the scope of work and age of the building, and collaborative contractibility planning around the operating retail space. In addition to team partners with historical landmark experience, our team has procured nationally-recognized historical renovation consultants.