9 Stories

241 Condominiums

Parking for 241 Vehicles

450,000 SF Total

Originally constructed by Montgomery Ward as the headquarters for his burgeoning catalog company, the Merchandise Building was converted to condominiums in 2000. Parking is provided on the basement and first floors while the residents occupy the second through eighth floors. Two penthouse units were constructed in the former mechanical penthouse, providing panoramic city views. One of the first cast-in-place concrete structures in Chicago, the entire building, walls, columns, floor slabs, and roof are concrete. A full restoration was completed on the statue of Cirrus adorning the tower on the northeast corner of the building, marking the entrance. The statue was installed by Montgomery Ward after he acquired it from the 1933 Century of Progress World’s Fair in Chicago.

The building has two central light courts that were extended from the fifth floor to the second and third floors. This allowed the creation of additional dwelling units in an otherwise unusable interior floor space.