Water Tower Place at 835 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago was designed by Edward D. Dart of Loebl Schlossman Bennett and Dart for developer Philip Klutznick, on a project first planned by Marshall Field's Mafco Company. It opened in 1976 per the infobox, though the text also dates the hotel to 1975. The article gives no style label.
The tower is a reinforced concrete slab faced in gray marble, 859 feet (262 m) high, and was the world's tallest reinforced concrete building when completed. Counts conflict: the infobox gives 74 floors, while one passage says 78, and floor area is 729,000 or 758,000 square feet. A block-long base holds a seven-level atrium mall.
A 2001 refurbishment enclosed the Michigan Avenue arcade, added glass bay windows and lighted fins, and installed a fountain. The building holds retail, the Ritz-Carlton hotel with 435 rooms, condominiums and offices. A $170 million redevelopment was announced in April 2026.
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