151 North Franklin

Office skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois April 2025 April 2025 the red building formerly known as CNA Center 333 South Wabash CNA Center 151 North Franklin Complete File:20181222 151 North Franklin from Randolph.jpg View from Randolph Street in 2018 151 North Franklin Street Chicago, Illinois, US Chicago#Illinois 41.8848 N 87.6350 W inline,title Red pog.svg 151 North Franklin 2015 2018 John Ronan Architects, AAI Associates, Inc. (as architect of record) 35 568 ft commercial 151 North Franklin (officially named CNA Center) is a skyscraper located at 151 North Franklin Street Floor 9 in the Chicago Loop. Completed in 2018 and standing at 568 ft m us off tall with 35 floors at the northeast corner of West Randolph Street and North Franklin Street, the building is the current corporate headquarters of namesake tenant CNA Insurance, which has been headquartered in the Loop since 1900. It also hosts large office spaces for Facebook and the law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson. History The vision for the building first became public in 2013 when renderings were availed for a 30-story building from developer John Buck designed by John Ronan,https://chicago.curbed.com/2013/8/7/10210946/could-another-office-tower-be https://web.archive.org/web/20160311031320/http://chicago.curbed.com/2013/8/7/10210946/could-another-office-tower-be dead March 11, 2016 30-Story Office Tower Could be Coming to Randolph & Franklin December 19, 2018 August 7, 2013 Curbed Dickert, Kevinhttps://chicago.curbed.com/2013/11/5/10179276/john-ronans-151-north-franklin-gets-its-closeup https://web.archive.org/web/20170210205614/http://chicago.curbed.com/2013/11/5/10179276/john-ronans-151-north-franklin-gets-its-closeup dead February 10, 2017 John Ronan's 151 North Franklin Gets Its Close-Up December 19, 2018 November 5, 2013 Curbed Spula, Ian with AAI Associates, Inc. as architect of record. In November 2013, Buck announced $145 million of equity financing for a 36-story building with 825000 sqft sqm 0 of office space.https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20131120/CRED03/131119731/john-buck-gets-boost-in-race-to-build-next-downtown-chicago-tower Beitler bows out, Buck steps up in office tower race December 19, 2018 November 20, 2013 Crain's Chicago Business Ori, Ryan In February 2015, law firm Freeborn & Peters (Chicago's 22nd largest) signed a 15-year 5-floor letter of intent.https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150205/CRED03/150209863/john-buck-lands-freeborn-peters-for-new-loop-office-tower Buck takes big step toward Loop tower groundbreaking December 19, 2018 February 5, 2015 Crain's Chicago Business Ori, Ryan That May, law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson (Chicago's 14th largest) signed a lease in the building.https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150513/CRED03/150519930/hinshaw-culbertson-plans-move-to-new-loop-tower-by-john-buck Law firm Hinshaw plans move to new Loop tower December 19, 2018 May 13, 2015 Crain's Chicago Business Ori, Ryan In August 2015, Freeborn & Peters accepted an offer to remain at 311 South Wacker Drive, but Buck went ahead with filing for demolition permits for the Walgreens at that location.https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150827/CRED03/150829863/freeborn-peters-backs-out-of-john-buck-chicago-office-project Law firm backs out of Buck office development December 20, 2018 August 27, 2015 Crain's Chicago Business Ori, Ryan In December 2015, CNA Insurance decided to relocate its headquarters from the 44-story CNA Center at 333 South Wabash that it had owned since its debut in 1972 to the new CNA Center building. The plan included selling the old building to Buck for $108 million, temporarily leasing space in that building until moving into the newly leased space with signage and naming rights.https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20151216/CRED03/151219886/cna-selling-big-red-moving-hq-to-new-office-tower CNA selling 'Big Red,' moving HQ to new office tower December 19, 2018 December 16, 2015 Crain's Chicago Business Ori, Ryan By that time the Walgreens on the site had been demolished and construction was expected to commence soon. Northern Trust would sign to consolidate many of its offices into the old CNA Center, which was to be renamed by Northern Trust.CNA building gets new tenant — and maybe a new name — as Northern Trust signs deal Ori Robert August 9, 2017 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-northern-trust-cna-ryan-ori-0810-biz-20170809-column.html Chicago Tribune In June 2018, 151 North Franklin became the new corporate headquarters for CNA Insurance, which has been headquartered in the Chicago Loop since 1900.https://www.enr.com/articles/45876-interior-designtenant-improvement-cna-corporate-headquarters-relocation Interior Design/Tenant Improvement: CNA Corporate Headquarters Relocation December 19, 2018 November 20, 2018 Engineering News-Record Prior Loop headquarters included following locations: Metropolitan Tower (Continental Center I from 1943–1962 at 310 South Michigan Avenue), 55 East Jackson Boulevard (Continental Center II from 1962–1972) and CNA Center (Continental Center III from 1972–2018 at 333 South Wabash Avenue).https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/zlup/Historic_Preservation/Publications/Continental_Center.pdf Landmark Designation Report January 22, 2019 July 7, 2011 Commission on Chicago Landmarks Facebook signed a large lease in the building in July 2018.https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ori/ct-biz-facebook-office-lease-ryan-ori-20180723-story.html Column: Facebook confirms huge office lease in the Loop December 19, 2018 July 23, 2018 Chicago Tribune Ori, Ryan Features The building has a column-free open-office design with many modern elements that pays homage to the 70-degree angle of the CNA logo. Chicago Tribune critic Blair Kamin praised the open air base but felt much of the rest of the glassy exterior was evidence of budgetary limitations.https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kamin/ct-biz-151-north-franklin-kamin-0615-story.html Column: At 151 North Franklin, less is a bore, but the high-rise's bottom is tops December 21, 2018 June 14, 2018 Chicago Tribune Kamin, Blair See also List of tallest buildings in Chicago References External links https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1215592 https://web.archive.org/web/20200809174404/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1215592 usurped August 9, 2020 Emporis building ID 1215592 Emporis Category:2018 establishments in Illinois Category:Office buildings completed in 2018 Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Chicago Category:Adamson Associates buildings