One Prudential Plaza (formerly known as the Prudential Building) is a 41 - story structure in Chicago completed in 1955 as the headquarters for Prudential 's Mid-America company. It was the first skyscraper built in Chicago since the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Second World war. The plaza, including a second building erected later, is owned by BentleyForbes and a consortium of New York investors, since the Great Recession of the early 21st century.
when was the prudential building in chicago built
1955