History
A century ago, the Monroe Building took its place among Chicago's elite office properties, alongside the Rookery, Marquette, Monadnock and Santa Fe buildings. Architect Holabird & Roche gave the Monroe Building distinctive gables, mirroring its design for the University Club across the street. Together the buildings created a striking gateway from Michigan Avenue into the Loop. The Monroe Building's dramatic lobby featured tile work by acclaimed Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati, then one of the largest woman-owned businesses in the country. Premier tenants, including its own designers, gravitated to the building. A stream of artists and architects -- among them Frank Lloyd Wright-- took loft space under the gables.
Specialties
A century ago, the Monroe Building set a new benchmark for premium Chicago office space. Today this elite building offers a Millennium Park location, a new restoration including the latest amenities and technologies, providing a unique tenant experience unlike any other.Newly renovated, the Monroe Building offers the latest technologies and most desirable features for tenants seeking Loop and Michigan Avenue offices: A new fitness center with lockers, showers and towel service, plus bike storage An unparalleled auditorium and broadcast center, conference and teleconference facilities, and event space Completely updated building, security and IT systems A data center with server space and tenant IT support Convenience retail including Pret A Manager, Dunkin Donuts Baskin Robbins and Citibank Discounted parking adjacent to the building at Millennium Park Garages and 55 E. Monroe Ready access to public transportation A dedicated in-house management team provides the kind of personal attention today's tenants want but rarely find. And from its position on the landmark Michigan Avenue, the Monroe Building gives tenants what may be the greatest amenity of all -- unobstructed park and lake view