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The Illinois State University Foundation's Chicago Office
150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1590
Chicago, Illinois 60601-7524
Phone: (312) 251-3500
Fax: (312) 251-3181

Hours: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
Evening and weekend hours are also available upon prior arrangement. Closed holidays.

Directions and Parking

Your Chicago Connection is located in the Smurfit-Stone Building, one of Chicago’s signature skyscrapers.  In addition to its highly visible East Loop location at Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street, the building is connected to the underground Pedway system, minutes from the Magnificent Mile, the court system, legal community, and financial district. 

Theatres, museums, and shopping are just footsteps away.  The sophisticated office suite on the fifteenth floor offers breathtaking views of Lake Michigan, the Millennium Park and the beautiful City of Chicago.  This stylish oasis in the heart of the city is a service of the Illinois State University Foundation to the university community.   

Parking is plentiful at both the Millennium Park and Grant Park underground garages, as well as surface parking facilities.

Directions

The office is located at 150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1590, on the corner of Randolph Street and Michigan Avenue.
From Normal, Illinois.

  1. Take Interstate 55 north to Chicago until it merges with Lake Shore Drive (Route 41).
  2. Follow Lake Shore Drive to the Randolph Street exit.
  3. Exit at Randolph Street and travel west (left).
  4. Drive two blocks west to Michigan Avenue.
  5. The Chicago Office is at 150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1590

Parking

Parking is available in many downtown locations, including Millennium Park. View locations.

  1. Imperial Parking, 60 East Randolph (half a block west of the Chicago Office), telephone (312) 236-7748 - $14 - $30
    (Discount parking coupons are available for $12 ea. See office manager) ($3 off parking coupons available at lobby desk)
  2. Inter-Parking, Wabash & Randolph Self-Park, 20 East Randolph (1.5 blocks west of the Chicago Office), telephone (312) 986-6863 - $14 - $30
  3. Inter-Parking, 55 East Monroe (3 blocks south of the Chicago Office), telephone (312) 986-6821 - $19 - $29*
  4. Grant Park North Garage, 25 North Michigan Avenue (just south of the Chicago Office), telephone (312) 616-0600 Enter from Michigan, just past Madison - $14 - $29

NOTE: All $14 rates are early bird specials - in by 9 a.m. and out by 7 p.m., with 6 hour minimum stay.

*Nineteen ($19) dollar rate is early bird special - in by 8:30 a.m., with no minimum stay.

 

 

Illinois State University

Illinois State University Foundation's Chicago Office
150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1590,
Chicago, Illinois 60601-7524
Phone: (312) 251-3500

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