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Line 25: }} '''330 North Wabash''' (formerly '''IBM Plaza''' also known as '''IBM Building''' and now renamed '''AMA Plaza''') is a [[skyscraper]] in downtown [[Chicago]], Illinois, United States, at 330 N. Wabash Avenue, designed by ~~the~~ architect [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]] (who died in 1969 before construction began). A small bust of the architect by sculptor [[Marino Marini (sculptor)\|Marino Marini]] is displayed in the lobby. The 52-story building is situated on a plaza overlooking the [[Chicago River]]. At {{convert\|695\|ft\|m\|abbr=off\|sp=us}}, 330 North Wabash is the second-tallest building by Mies van der Rohe, the tallest being the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower at [[Toronto-Dominion Centre]]. It was his last American building.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0505110194may11,0,1372525.story\|title=Another perspective: views around the worksites \|access-date=May 9, 2008 \|date=May 11, 2005 \|work=[[Chicago Tribune]] \|author=Kamin, Blair \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506131304/http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0505110194may11%2C0%2C1372525.story \|archive-date=May 6, 2008 \|url-status=live}}</ref> The building's original corporate namesake no longer owns nor has offices in the building. [[IBM]] sold IBM Plaza to the [[Blackstone Group]] in 1996. IBM all but completed its move out of IBM Plaza as of early 2006, taking up space in the new [[Hyatt Center]] building closer to [[Union Station (Chicago)\|Union Station]]. Current major tenants are the [[American Medical Association]], Langham Chicago managed by [[Langham Hotels International]], [[WeWork]] and law firm [[Latham & Watkins]].<ref>[https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/vintage/vintage_4506VV8010.html “IBM Plaza in Chicago”], ''IBM Archives''. IBM.com (Retrieved 2019-01-29).</ref> Line 52: ==Current tenants== [[American Medical Association]] [[BDO USA, LLP]]▼ [[Corgan (company)\|Corgan]] [[Latham & Watkins]] [[~~WeWork~~PwC]]▼ [[SmithBucklin]] Swanson Martin & Bell ▲[[WeWork]] ▲[[BDO USA, LLP]] [[Thornton Tomasetti]] [[WeWork]] ==Former tenants== Line 64 ⟶ 66: [[Mercury Records]] - moved to New York City when consolidated into [[PolyGram Records]], now part of [[Universal Music Group]] [[Jenner & Block]] [[Perkins&Will]] ==See also== Line 87 ⟶ 90: {{National Register of Historic Places}} {{Ludwig Mies van der Rohe}} {{Beacon Capital Partners}} [[Category:Chicago Landmarks]]