The Montgomery

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Formerly	The Wards Tower 1 Montgomery Ward Plaza
Addresses	Mailing: 535 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60654 Other: 737-755 North Larrabee Street 529-535 West Chicago Avenue Former address: 1 Montgomery Ward Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60671
Neighborhood	River North
Built	1972
Developer	Montgomery Ward & Co.
Architect	Skyscraper: Minoru Yamasaki Parking garage: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Type	Residential Skyscraper
Floors	28
Height	404 feet
Residences at time of conversion to residential	215
Automobile parking at time of conversion to residential	328 spaces

According to Michigan Avenue magazine, the top-floor penthouse has nearly 7,000 square feet of space, including a two-story living area with 30-foot ceilings.
A public east-west alley between North Larrabee Street and North Kingsbury Street was erased from the Chicago street grid when this building was built.
When it approved the conversion of this office tower into a residential tower, the City of Chicago approved up to 400 residences in the building. However, only 215 were built.
When this was formerly part of the Montgomery Ward company complex, it had a ZIP Code of 60671. That ZIP Code has since been retired.

October, 2001	The plan to convert this skyscraper from an office building to residential use was approved by the City of Chicago.