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And so it begins again. Here’s a link to the last page of v5: CHICAGO: boom rundown - everything over 12 floors. v5 (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=128596)


The list starts in 1999 because that's when 1 Superior Place was completed. It was the first 500+ foot tower built in Chicago in many years and it signaled the return of large amounts of highrise construction to the city of Chicago after a bit of a hiatus during the mid 1990’s. Click on the individual building names to be taken to the corresponding Phorio building page to learn more and see pics/renderings. You can also click on the word “website” at the end of each building entry line in the list to be taken to the official project website to learn even more and for developer/marketing contact information.

The buildings are ranked according to the structural height per the guidelines of Phorio. Where no roof height is listed, it is either unknown or the structural height and the roof height are one and the same.




Chicago's building boom:



name use struct. ht. roof ht. floors year
recently completed:

Trump Int’l Hotel and Tower Chicago (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=651377887) res./hotel 1389 ft 1198 ft 96 2010 website (http://www.trumpchicago.com/)
Park Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=241339515) res./hotel 844 ft 824 ft 67 2000
Aqua (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=229687378) res./hotel 822 ft ... .. 83 2009 website (http://www.lakeshoreeast.com/aqua/ )
Legacy at Millennium Park (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=574556147) residential 819 ft ... .. 73 2009 website (http://www.thelegacyatmillenniumpark.com/)
300 North LaSalle (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=95881849) office 785 ft ... .. 60 2009 website (http://www.property-website.com/pws/sites/112/live/)
Blue Cross Blue Shield (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=269641018) office 743 ft ... .. 57 2009 website (http://www.property-website.com/pws/sites/112/live/)
One Museum Park (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=86839098) residential 734 ft ... .. 65 2008 website (http://www.onemuseumpark.com/)
Waldorf-Astoria Chicago (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=942105463) res./hotel 686 ft 674 ft 60 2008 website (http://www.elysianhotels.com/)
111 South Wacker Drive (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=249725790) office 681 ft ... .. 51 2005
Hyatt Center (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=881758756) office 679 ft 678 ft 48 2005
340 on the Park (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=648303732) residential 672 ft 659 ft 64 2007
UBS Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=938385973) office 651 ft ... .. 50 2001
55 East Erie (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=535506113) residential 647 ft 645 ft 56 2004
River East Center (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=581401185) residential 644 ft ... .. 58 2001
Grand Plaza Apartments (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=502052381) residential 641 ft 561 ft 57 2003
155 North Wacker (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=697510014) office 638 ft ... .. 48 2009
The Heritage (][/url) residential 631 ft ... .. 57 2005
353 North Clark (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=640914152) office 624 ft ... .. 44 2009
Millennium Centre (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=89777758) residential 610 ft 596 ft 58 2003
One Museum Park West (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=128869099) residential 595 ft ... .. 54 2008
The Clare at Watertower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=692911310) residential 589 ft ... .. 50 2008
Citadel Center (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=548820053) office 580 ft ... .. 39 2003
The Fordham (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=83175432) residential 574 ft 568 ft 52 2003
1 South Dearborn (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=869133740) office 571 ft ... .. 40 2005
Park Millennium (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=715851528) residential 544 ft ... .. 57 2002
Streeter Place (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=781365138) residential 544 ft ... .. 53 2009
The Pinnacle (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=261811912) residential 535 ft ... .. 48 2004
The Columbian (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=667534254) residential 517 ft ... .. 47 2008
191 North Wacker Drive (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=459457553) office 516 ft ... .. 37 2002
The Streeter (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=104138507) residential 514 ft ... .. 50 2007
600 North LSD, South Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=586418392) residential 513 ft ... .. 46 2009
215 West Washington (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=650572528) residential 509 ft 460 ft 44 2010
One Superior Place (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=807457471) residential 502 ft ... .. 52 1999
The Tides (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=813608749) residential 500 ft 483 ft 51 2008
Parkview West (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=531196825) residential 498 ft 488 ft 49 2008
50 East Chestnut (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=856452456) residential 495 ft ... .. 40 2008
235 West Van Buren (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=850849186) residential 490 ft ... .. 46 2008
The Bristol (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=8218774) residential 488 ft 465 ft 42 2000
Roosevelt Univ. Wabash Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=393558579) residential 469 ft ... .. 32 2012
The Sterling (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=519990227) residential 466 ft ... .. 50 2001
The Regatta (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=638888158) residential 466 ft 457 ft 45 2007
600 North Fairbanks (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=730505138) residential 458 ft ... .. 41 2008
Kingsbury Plaza (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=634593239) residential 456 ft ... .. 47 2007
400 North Lasalle (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=313826996) residential 454 ft ... .. 45 2003
600 North LSD, North Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=622396713) residential 453 ft ... .. 40 2008
ABN AMRO Plaza I (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=18471496) office 453 ft ... .. 29 2003
Riverbend (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=204166534) residential 451 ft ... .. 38 2002
The Shoreham (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=583156398) residential 450 ft ... .. 47 2005
200 Squared (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=531187328) residential 449 ft ... .. 44 2011 website (http://www.200squared.com/)
Lurie Children’s Hospital (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=104526645) hospital 442 ft ... .. 24 2012
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=637687295]Silver Tower (][/url) residential 433 ft ... .. 35 2009
Sky55 (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=904411989) residential 425 ft 423 ft 40 2006
Skybridge (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=788034129) residential 421 ft ... .. 39 2003
Alta at K Station (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=711590614) residential 417 ft 412 ft 41 2010
2 East Erie (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=931491499) residential 415 ft ... .. 39 2002
Ten East Delaware (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=654827621) residential 415 ft 410 ft 35 2009 website (http://www.teneastdelaware.com/)
MoMo (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=532971282) residential 409 ft ... .. 31 2008 website (http://buildingmomo.com/)
Museum Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=886200863) residential 409 ft 401 ft 38 2006
River View II (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=321968449) residential 399 ft ... .. 32 2004
The Pearson (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=259162953) residential 395 ft ... .. 35 2003
The Chandler (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=639418524) residential 389 ft ... .. 36 2008 website (http://www.magellandevelopment.com/r_chandler.html)
Lexington Park (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=205973200) residential 388 ft ... .. 35 2010 website (http://www.lexingtonparkcondos.com/)
Wells Street Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=966612081) residential 388 ft ... .. 34 2002
41 East Eighth (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=179814895) residential 387 ft ... .. 33 2003
The Fairbanks @ Cityfront Pl. (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=978112647) residential 387 ft ... .. 32 2008
Hotel Palomar (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=223008062) res./hotel 380 ft ... .. 36 2009 website (http://www.cityfrontplaza.com/welcome.html)
The Residences at Grand Plaza (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=189029094) residential ___ ft 378 ft 39 2003
Cirrus at K Station (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=848108698) residential 378 ft 374 ft 37 2009
1400 Museum Park (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=666657281) residential 375 ft 374 ft 32 2008 website (http://www.1400museumpark.com/)
Astoria Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=387513297) residential 374 ft 329 ft 32 2009 website (http://www.astoriatower.com/)
1720 South Michigan (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=362923667) residential 368 ft 346 ft 32 2008
1111 South Wabash (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=960523365) residential 367 ft 365 ft 34 2004
Left Bank at K Station (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=653533767) residential 366 ft ... .. 36 2006
Kinzie Park Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=856075347) residential 365 ft ... .. 34 2001
Echelon at K Station (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=668556675) residential 363 ft ... .. 36 2008
Walton on the Park, South Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=316807204) residential 360 ft ... .. 39 2010
Chestnut Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=711492925) residential 360 ft ... .. 36 2000
1600 Museum Park (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=103096980) residential 357 ft 355 ft 30 2009 website (http://www.1600museumpark.com/)
Park Alexandria (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=852318215) residential 347 ft ... .. 32 2003
Sofitel Chicago (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=8771954) hotel 347 ft ... .. 33 2002
EnV (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=1745958) residential 335 ft ... .. 29 2010 website (http://www.envchicago.com/index.asp)
Museum Park Place 2 (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=607389892) residential 329 ft ... .. 31 2009
840 North LSD (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=685586341) residential 329 ft 326 ft 27 2004
530 North LSD (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=253325476) residential 328 ft ... .. 29 2003
Vetro (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=34564886) residential 324 ft 317 ft 31 2008
The Lancaster (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=215859908) residential 324 ft ... .. 30 2005
River View I (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=676935378) residential 321 ft ... .. 27 2000
Courtyard by Marriott (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=52727049) hotel 317 ft 278 ft 23 2003
Prentice Women’s Hospital (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=34142945) hospital 316 ft 307 ft 18 2007
Burnham Pointe (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=295583995) residential 314 ft ... .. 30 2008 website (http://www.terrapingroup.com/properties/current/burnhampointe.php)
Michigan Ave. Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=393433283) residential 314 ft 312 ft 29 2005
Michigan Ave. Tower II (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=153886406) residential 314 ft 310 ft 28 2008 website (http://www.1400michigan.com/)
theWit Hotel (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=310041962) hotel 311 ft ... .. 26 2009
550 St. Clair (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=78831906) residential 310 ft ... .. 26 2008 website (http://www.550stclair.com/)
The Caravel (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=443419758) residential 309 ft 303 ft 29 2003
Superior 110 (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=466673790) residential 308 ft 304 ft 26 2008 website (http://www.superior110.com/)
SoNo West (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=666194748) residential 306 ft ... .. 27 2009 website (http://www.sonopoly.com/)
Kingsbury on the Park (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=525336005) residential 301 ft 293 ft 25 2004
River North Marriott Suites (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=275897040) hotel 298 ft ... .. 27 2008
1122 North Dearborn (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=298995790) residential 295 ft ... .. 27 1999
Marquee Michigan Avenue (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=534849988) residential 292 ft ... .. 26 2008 website (http://www.marqueechicago.com/)
Erie on the Park (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=697355079) residential 292 ft ... .. 24 2002
Avenue East (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=805599527) residential 291 ft ... .. 26 2007
30 West Oak (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=966126987) residential 290 ft 289 ft 22 2007
Museum Pointe (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=629431556) residential 289 ft ... .. 26 2005
Flair Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=353314288) residential 252 ft ... .. 24 2010 website (http://flairtower.com/)
The Grand on Grand (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=225581377) residential 286 ft ... .. 28 2004
Dearborn Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=854150783) residential 286 ft ... .. 17 2001
Embassy Suites Lakefront (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=697004691) hotel 284 ft ... .. 19 2001
Baumhart Hall (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=318449173) residential 282 ft ... .. 26 2006
Jefferson Place (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=883687302) residential 280 ft ... .. 28 2004
Museum Park Tower 1 (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=144592671) residential 280 ft 262 ft 20 2002
CBS 2 Broadcast Center (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=119944618) office 276 ft ... .. 17 2008
550 West Jackson (][/url) office 276 ft ... .. 18 2000
River Place on the Park (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=106383067) residential 276 ft 261 ft 22 2006
Dana Hotel (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=478506203) hotel 273 ft 266 ft 26 2008
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=64520714]State Place (][/url) residential 273 ft ... .. 24 2005
The Bernardin (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=562344850) residential 272 ft ... .. 27 2005
630 North State Parkway (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=581256315) residential 272 ft ... .. 27 2001
Prairie Pointe (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=256822208) residential 271 ft ... .. 24 2006
757 North Orleans (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=288749420) residential 271 ft ... .. 22 2008 website (http://www.757orleansatchicago.com/)
Admiral’s Pointe (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=463517085) residential 271 ft ... .. 27 2002
Jefferson Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=889280058) residential 266 ft ... .. 24 2006
Kinzie Station Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=770641165) residential 265 ft ... .. 25 2000
1401 South State (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=452042643) residential 264 ft 257 ft 22 2008
Erie Centre (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=840688600) residential 264 ft ... .. 23 1999
550 West Adams (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=884507333) office 262 ft ... .. 19 2006
The Lofts at Museum Park II (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=30866166) residential 261 ft ... .. 21 2006
Prairie District Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=226507533) residential 261 ft ... .. 23 2003
Dearborn Plaza (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=475162767) office/hotel 261 ft ... .. 17 2000
Quaker Plaza (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=537987137) office 260 ft ... .. 17 2002
Museum Park Place (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=137700454) residential 259 ft ... .. 23 2007
Congress Center (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=616430406) office 258 ft ... .. 17 2001
AMLI 900 (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=831220260) residential 256 ft ... .. 24 2008 website (http://www.amli900.com)
The Grand Orleans (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=710584629) residential 254 ft ... .. 21 2005
Peninsula Hotel (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=158540930) hotel 254 ft ... .. 17 2001
Rush Hospital (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=949614608) hospital 252 ft ... .. 14 2012
Union Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=401040908) office 252 ft ... .. 18 1999
The Edge Lofts (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=439027290) residential 249 ft ... .. 21 2004
Lurie Medical Building (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=535580862) laboratory 248 ft ... .. 13 2005
One East 15th Place (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=191291160) residential 246 ft ... .. 23 2001
550 West Washington (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=11178410) office 244 ft ... .. 17 2000
Sixty West Erie (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=464716122) residential 242 ft ... .. 22 2003
Lakeside Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=70528771) residential 239 ft ... .. 19 2006
Museum Park Tower 2 (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=408251735) residential 236 ft ... .. 21 2003
Trio (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=828885826) residential 235 ft ... .. 22 2008 website (http://www.triocondominiums.com/)
Maple Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=318802986) residential 234 ft ... .. 20 2006
Art Institute Dormitory (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=59268671) residential 231 ft ... .. 17 2000
565 Quincy (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=864623804) residential 224 ft ... .. 18 2009
Elm Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=757183596) residential 224 ft ... .. 16 2002
The Farallon (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=102676269) residential 221 ft ... .. 22 2001
Dwight Building (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=240666786) residential 219 ft ... .. 16 2008
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=633862232]Two River Place (][/url) residential 218 ft ... .. 17 2004
University Center of Chicago (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=774781017) residential 215 ft ... .. 19 2004
Gallery 400 (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=783435106) residential 212 ft ... .. 18 2000
Vision on State (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=437465478) residential 210 ft ... .. 19 2007
Park Place (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=104078) residential 207 ft ... .. 18 2002
Library Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=493443230) residential 207 ft ... .. 16 2008
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=744678641]340 West Superior (][/url) residential 205 ft ... .. 17 2002
Printers Corner (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=499006338) residential 204 ft ... .. 18 2007
Vue20 Condominiums (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=712462200) residential 200 ft ... .. 19 2003
The Belvedere (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=747753609) residential 199 ft ... .. 16 2004
2120 North Lincoln Park West (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=713045534) residential 199 ft ... .. 23 2001
The Neapolitan (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=81448976) residential 198 ft ... .. 18 2001
Ronald McDonald House (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=747436256) hotel 198 ft ... .. 15 2012
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=961037704]Parc Chestnut (][/url) residential 196 ft ... .. 15 2006
R+D659 (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=868605488) residential 191 ft 190 ft 17 2009 website (http://www.rd659.com/)
CTA Center (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=465642849) office 191 ft ... .. 12 2004
One East 14th Place (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=543134645) residential 188 ft ... .. 17 2000
The Lofts at Museum Park 1 (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=437034472) residential 188 ft ... .. 15 2004
The Venetian (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=672219295) residential 186 ft ... .. 15 2004
The Superior at Lasalle (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=738448147) residential 186 ft 185 ft 14 2006
Park View East (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=283162874) residential 183 ft ... .. 18 2007
Huron Pointe (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=193122454) residential 183 ft ... .. 15 2001
The Mondial (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=468238259) residential 183 ft ... .. 14 2009 website (http://www.mondialriverwest.com/)
30 West Erie (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=153790202) residential 182 ft ... .. 14 2007
740 Fulton (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=540061465) residential 180 ft ... .. 14 2007
451 Huron (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=321232753) residential 179 ft 177 ft 16 2007
1555 South Wabash (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=948432672) residential 178 ft 176 ft 14 2009
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=236142529]Lakeside on the Park (][/url) residential 172 ft ... .. 14 2005
Prairie House (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=987042350) residential 171 ft ... .. 14 2003
Renaissance Chicago O'Hare (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=991343538) hotel 171 ft ... .. 15 2003
Platinum Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=449900699) residential 167 ft ... .. 15 2002
Fairfield Inn & Suites (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=694907554) hotel 166 ft ... .. 15 2001
The Contemporaine (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=673313493) residential 164 ft ... .. 15 2004
1819 South Michigan (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=646996878) residential 156 ft ... .. 12 2005
Superior West (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=203795080) residential 152 ft ... .. 12 2004
1620 South Michigan (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=792897092) residential 151 ft ... .. 12 2006
212 East (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=982214655) residential 150 ft ... .. 13 2003
630 North Franklin (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=751667576) residential 148 ft ... .. 12 2005
Stukel Towers C (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=271675753) educational 145 ft ... .. 12 2007
Emerald, North Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=210495800) residential 142 ft ... .. 12 2008 website (http://www.emeraldchicago.com/)
Emerald, South Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=589655618) residential 142 ft ... .. 12 2008 website (http://www.emeraldchicago.com/)
Parvenu (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=263988035) residential 142 ft ... .. 12 2004
City View Tower (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=707389851) residential 138 ft ... .. 13 2003
Pure (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=119070483) residential 138 ft ... .. 12 2008
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=802890338]SoNo East (][/url) residential ___ ft ... .. 27 2012
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=125004159]Parc Huron (][/url) residential ___ ft ... .. 21 2011 website (http://www.rmk.com/Parc_Huron/)
Hilton Garden Inn (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=130913725) hotel ___ ft ... .. 24 1999
Homewood Suites Hotel (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=800190182) hotel ___ ft ... .. 20 1999
Conrad Chicago Hotel (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=981349832) residential ___ ft ... .. 17 2000
21 West Chestnut (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=589195031) residential ___ ft ... .. 17 1999
Buena Pointe (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=560025760) residential ___ ft ... .. 12 2004
University Station (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=392010512) residential ___ ft ... .. 12 2006





under construction:

AMLI River North (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=793184740) residential 543 ft 529 ft 49 2013
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=75446611]500 North Lake Shore Drive (][/url) - TO residential 497 ft 496 ft 47 2013
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=219167806]The Ritz-Carlton Residences (][/url) - TO residential 495 ft 476 ft 40 2012 website (http://www.theresidenceschicago.com/)
Summit on Lake (http://en.phorio.com/summit_on_lake,_chicago,_united_states) residential 477 ft 476 ft 42 2014
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=252864701]Lincoln Park 2550 (][/url) - TO residential 477 ft 464 ft 39 2012 website (http://www.lincolnpark2550.com/)
Coast at Lake Shore East (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=98009947) - TO residential 464 ft 463 ft 46 2013
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=332712014]360 West Hubbard (][/url) residential 449 ft 447 ft 46 2013
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=520947159]Optima Center Chicago (][/url) residential 442 ft ... .. 42 2014
[url=http://en.phorio.com/outpatient_care_pavilion,_chicago,_united_states]Northwestern Outpatient Center (][/url) hospital 390 ft ... .. 26 2014
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=373542696]Admiral at the Lake (][/url) - TO residential 368 ft 340 ft 31 2012
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=684146818]K2 (][/url) residential 366 ft 365 ft 15 2013
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=971556211]Aloft/Fairfield/Hyatt Place (][/url) - TO hotel 197 ft 195 ft 18 2013
[url=http://en.phorio.com/harper_court_office_tower,_chicago,_united_states]Harper Court Office Tower (][/url) - TO office 172 ft 170 ft 12 2013
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=146699119]1225 Old Town (][/url) - TO residential ___ ft ... .. 18 2012
[url=http://en.phorio.com/student_life_center,_chicago,_united_states]East West Student Life Center (][/url) residential ___ ft ... .. 17 2014
[url=http://en.phorio.com/3750_north_halsted_street,_chicago,_united_states]3750 North Halsted (][/url) residential ___ ft ... .. 15 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/hyatt_mccormick_place_north_tower,_chicago,_united_states]Hyatt McCormick Place North (][/url) hotel ___ ft ... .. 14 2013
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=420762347]1611 West Division Street (][/url) residential 146 ft ... .. 11 ____





“TO” indicates that the building has been topped out





construction interrupted:

[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=265428678]Glashaus (][/url) residential 280 ft ... .. 25 ____ website (http://www.glashauscondos.com/)
Staybridge Suites (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=462595576) hotel 183 ft 180 ft 16 ____
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=53752190]1349 South Wabash (][/url) residential ___ ft ... .. 14 ____ website (http://www.1349southwabash.com/)





site prep/demo:






proposed:*

Post Office Redevelopment (_____) res./hotel/off. ~2000 ft ... .. 120 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/wolf_point_development,_south_tower,_chicago,_united_states]Wolf Point Development, South Tower (][/url) office ~950 ft ... .. 53 2018
[url=http://en.phorio.com/wolf_point_development,_east_tower,_chicago,_united_states]Wolf Point Development, East Tower (][/url) office ~700 ft ... .. 44 2020
[url=_____]400 West Randolph (][/url) office 700 ft ... .. 50 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/435_north_park_drive,_chicago,_united_states]435 North Park Drive (][/url) residential 635 ft ... .. 54 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/wolf_point_development,_west_tower,_chicago,_united_states]Wolf Point Development, West Tower (][/url) residential ~525 ft ... .. 47 2014
[url=_____]Golub Building (410 East Grand) (][/url) residential 486 ft ... .. 45 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/625_west_monroe,_chicago,_united_states]625 West Monroe (][/url) office 482 ft ... .. 30 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/151_north_michigan,_chicago,_united_states]Millennium Park Plaza (][/url) residential 470 ft ... .. 41 ____
[url=_____]Atrium Village Phase 4 (][/url) residential 420 ft ... .. 44 ____
[url=_____]Atrium Village Phase 3 (][/url) residential 410 ft ... .. 41 ____
[url=_____]Golub South Loop Apts (][/url) residential 392 ft ... .. __ ____
[url=_____]Atrium Village Phase 2 (][/url) residential 380 ft ... .. 36 ____
[url=_____]Atrium Village Phase 1 (][/url) residential 310 ft ... .. 28 ____
[url=_____]1136-1140 South Wabash (][/url) residential 287 ft ... .. 21 ____
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=226572525]Solstice on the Park (][/url) residential 268 ft ... .. 25 ____ website (http://www.solsticeonthepark.com/)
2950 North Sheridan (_____) residential 213 ft ... .. 18 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/1_south_halsted_street,_chicago,_united_states]One South Halsted (][/url) residential ___ ft ... .. 59 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/river_point,_chicago,_united_states]River Point (][/url) office ___ ft ... .. 52 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/130_north_franklin_street,_chicago,_united_states]130 North Franklin (][/url) office ___ ft ... .. 52 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/222_west_randolph,_chicago,_united_states]222 West Randolph (][/url) office ___ ft ... .. 50 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/301_south_wacker_drive-1,_chicago,_united_states]301 South Wacker Drive (][/url) office ___ ft ... .. 46 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/madison_west_645_tower_i,_chicago,_united_states]Madison West 645 Tower I (][/url) office ___ ft ... .. 32 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/wacker_plaza,_chicago,_united_states]Wacker Plaza (][/url) office ___ ft ... .. 31 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/212-232_west_illinois_street,_chicago,_united_states]212-232 West Illinois (][/url) residential ___ ft ... .. 26 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/601_west_monroe_street-1,_chicago,_united_states]601 West Monroe (][/url) office ___ ft ... .. 26 ____
[url=http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=81532362]New City Building A (][/url) residential ___ ft ... .. 25 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/catalyst,_chicago,_united_states]Catalyst (][/url) residential ___ ft ... .. 24 ____ website (http://www.chicagocatalyst.com/)
City Hyde Park (http://en.phorio.com/city_hyde_park,_west_tower,_chicago,_united_states) residential ___ ft ... .. 23 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/madison_west_645_tower_ii,_chicago,_united_states]Madison West 645 Tower II (][/url) office ___ ft ... .. 22 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/108_north_jefferson_street,_chicago,_united_states]108 North Jefferson (][/url) office ___ ft ... .. 21 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/625_west_adams_street,_chicago,_united_states]625 West Adams Street (][/url) office ___ ft ... .. 20 ____
[url=_____]831 South Wabash (][/url) residential ___ ft ... .. 20 ____
[url=_____]Element Hotel (][/url) hotel ___ ft ... .. 17 ____
[url=http://en.phorio.com/grand_imperial_hotel,_chicago,_united_states]Imperial Plaza Hotel (][/url) hotel ___ ft ... .. 15 ____
[url=en.phorio.com/15th_and_blue_island_apartments,_chicago,_united_states]15th and Blue Island Apartments (][/url) residential ___ ft ... .. 12 ____
[url=_____]630 West Washington (][/url) residential ___ ft ... .. __ ____
[url=_____]Harper Court Residential Tower (][/url) residential ___ ft ... .. __ ____



color code:
red = over 1,000 ft
magenta = 700 - 999 ft
purple = 600 - 699 ft
blue = 500 - 599 ft
green = 400 - 499 ft
brown = 300 - 399 ft
Black = under 300 ft or unknown


Notes:
* - The information for the proposed towers may not be entirely accurate, but it's the best that we have to go on for now. Also keep in mind that there are many more “loosely proposed” towers in the Lake Shore East, Central Station, and River East mega projects that are not included here. This list only contains proposed towers that have been given individual names and designs as opposed to theoretical future towers that exist only as generic ideas within the context of master plans.



- Skyscraperpage thread links:

[url=http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=98438]STR’s wicked-cool 3-D Chicago thread (][/url)

CHICAGO: Post Office Redevelopment (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=192697)

CHICAGO: Trump Tower (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=128533)

CHICAGO: 375 East Wacker (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=131000)

CHICAGO: Intercontinental North Tower (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?threadid=90500)

CHICAGO: Aqua (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=99367)

CHICAGO: Legacy at Millennium Park (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?threadid=77228)

CHICAGO: 300 N. Lasalle (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?threadid=85292)

CHICAGO: BCBS vertical expansion (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=111764)

CHICAGO: One Museum Park (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?threadid=59102)

CHICAGO: Conservatory Tower (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=156242)

CHICAGO: Willis Tower Hotel Project (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170852)

CHICAGO: The Elysian (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=97328)

CHICAGO: Ritz-Carlton Residences (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=182990)

CHICAGO: River Point (444 West Lake) (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=131220)

CHICAGO: Roosevelt University Dorm (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=179654)

CHICAGO: Lincoln Park 2550 (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=183040)

CHICAGO: Clark & Wacker (former Waterview site) (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=185023)

CHICAGO: Block 37 (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?threadid=52443)

CHICAGO: Coast at Lakeshore East (345 West Wacker) (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=191994)

CHICAGO: 500 North Lake Shore Drive (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=193844)

CHICAGO: Optima Center Chicago (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=195487)


- renderings for the under construction, site prep, and proposed projects:



Under Construction


AMLI River North
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2395/amli.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=793184740)





500 North Lake Shore Drive
http://imageshack.us/m/859/3525/500nlsd.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=75446611)





The Ritz-Carlton Residences
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7407/ritzcarlton4ac.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=219167806)





Summit on Lake
http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/6852/swb1d.jpg
(http://en.phorio.com/summit_on_lake,_chicago,_united_states)





Lincoln Park 2550
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u291/kdickert/LP2520LatestDesign.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=252864701)





Coast at Lakeshore East
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/9479/buildinga20.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=98009947)





360 West Hubbard
http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/3244/360whubbard.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=332712014)





Northwestern Outpatient Center
http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/5523/v1111209767jpgmaxw368q1.jpg
(http://en.phorio.com/outpatient_care_pavilion,_chicago,_united_states)





Admiral at the Lake
http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/4999/snadmiral101806p1ppfeedub1.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=373542696)





K2
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/6322/k21t.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=684146818)





Aloft / Fairfield / Hyatt Place
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7286/new1yi.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=971556211)





Optima Center Chicago
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/2900/optiresized.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=520947159)





1225 Old Town
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6776/1255oldtown.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=146699119)





Construction Interrupted


Glashaus
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u291/kdickert/glashaus-1.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=265428678)




Staybridge Suites
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5559/staybridgesuites1vh.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=462595576)





1349 South Wabash
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/2530/1349swabashhp0.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=53752190)





Site Prep/demo





East West Student Life Center
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4097/eastwestdorm.jpg
(http://en.phorio.com/student_life_center,_chicago,_united_states)





Proposed



Post Office Redevelopment
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8905/ar110729952jpgmaxw368q1.jpg (_____)





400 West Randolph
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u291/kdickert/400wrandolph.jpg
(_____)





435 North Park Drive
http://file.shotsharing.com/photo/864858054/mid/435-North-Park-Drive,-Chicago.jpg
(http://en.phorio.com/435_north_park_drive,_chicago,_united_states)





One South Halsted
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/wjcord/1shal1.jpg
(http://en.phorio.com/1_south_halsted_street,_chicago,_united_states)





Golub Building (410 East Grand)
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/7651/updatedgolub410egrand.jpg
(_____)





Millennium Park Plaza
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/687/millenniumparkplazaun2.jpg
(http://en.phorio.com/151_north_michigan,_chicago,_united_states)





Atrium Village Phase 4 (right)
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2723/atriumvillage04.jpg
(_____)





Atrium Village Phase 3 (second from right)
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2723/atriumvillage04.jpg
(_____)





Golub South Loop Apts
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/4015/64058653.jpg
(_____)





Atrium Village Phase 2 (second from left)
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2723/atriumvillage04.jpg
(_____)





Atrium Village Phase 1 (left)
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2723/atriumvillage04.jpg
(_____)





Solstice on the Park
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3234/solsticeontheparkkg4.jpg
(http://en.phorio.com/solstice_on_the_park,_chicago,_united_states)





2950 North Sheridan
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u291/kdickert/1346_2950_N_Sheridan_HR900.jpg
(_____)





River Point
http://file.shotsharing.com/photo/736365183/mid/River-Point,-Chicago.jpg
(http://en.phorio.com/river_point,_chicago,_united_states)





130 North Franklin
http://picture.shotsharing.com/photo/533693272/mid/130-North-Franklin-Street,-Chicago.jpg
(http://en.phorio.com/130_north_franklin_street,_chicago,_united_states)





174 West Randolph
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u291/kdickert/174WestRad.jpg
(_____)





191 West Monroe
http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2827/199wmonroety1.jpg
(_____)





212-232 West Illinois
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6834/illinoisfranklin.jpg
(http://en.phorio.com/212-232_west_illinois_street,_chicago,_united_states)





New City Building A
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/3033/newcity3ku4.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=81532362)





Catalyst
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/3879/catalystsmallerpw9.jpg
(http://en.phorio.com/catalyst,_chicago,_united_states)





City Hyde Park
http://img602.imageshack.us/img602/2501/547539763674faeaa6d6o.jpg
(http://en.phorio.com/city_hyde_park,_west_tower,_chicago,_united_states)





Aloft Millennium Park
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2449/aloftmpuh3.jpg
(_____)





3750 North Halsted
http://picture.shotsharing.com/photo/255516904/mid/3750-North-Halsted-Street,-Chicago.jpg
(http://en.phorio.com/3750_north_halsted_street,_chicago,_united_states)





Imperial Plaza Hotel
http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/9019/newsstcea5.jpg
(http://en.phorio.com/grand_imperial_hotel,_chicago,_united_states)





Harper Court, Residential Tower
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6083/harpercrt1.jpg
(_____)





15th and Blue Island Apartments
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9820/augimages2702.jpg
(en.phorio.com/15th_and_blue_island_apartments,_chicago,_united_states)




Evanston mini-boom:



name use struct. ht. roof ht. floors year
recently completed:

Sherman Plaza (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=698572080) residential 276 ft ... .. 25 2007
Optima Views (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=216898984) residential 265 ft ... .. 28 2003
415 Premier Apartments (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=755559150) residential 181 ft 178 ft 17 2007
Church Street Station (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=357391170) residential 179 ft ... .. 17 2002
Winthrop Club (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=682274555) residential 167 ft 166 ft 15 2008 website (http://winthropclub.com/)
Optima Horizons (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=988681944) residential 162 ft ... .. 16 2005
Optima Towers (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=308860552) residential 136 ft ... .. 13 2002





Suburban mini-boom:



name location use struct. ht. roof ht. floors year
recently completed:

Blue Chip Casino (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=360635498) MC hotel 280 ft ... .. 23 2008
Westin Lombard Hotel (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=551929552) LB hotel 223 ft ... .. 19 2007
Optima Old Orchard Woods (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=415282262) SK residential 196 ft ... .. 20 2007
Renaissance Hotel (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=808439176) SC hotel 187 ft ... .. 17 2006
Schaumburg Corp. Center III (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=939113205) SC office 184 ft ... .. 14 2002
Westin North Shore (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=973571032) WH hotel 181 ft ... .. 17 2006
Ameristar East Chicago Hotel (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=717409763) EC hotel 179 ft ... .. 15 2001
Oak Park Place (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=853831819) OP residential ___ ft ... .. 14 ____
Intercontinental O'Hare (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=397547392) RO hotel 147 ft ... .. 12 2008
Condos at 7 Bridges (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=879299357) WR residential 140 ft ... .. 12 2006
Arlington Town Square (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=682802328) AH residential 138 ft ... .. 13 2000
Hotel Arista (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=44592104) NV hotel ___ ft ... .. 13 ____





under construction:




“TO” indicates that the building has been topped out





proposed:

Lake/Forest Development (http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=587994711) OP residential ___ ft ... .. 20 ____


location code:

AH = Arlington Heights
DP = Des Plaines
EC = East Chicago
EL = Elgin
HE = Hoffman Estates
JO = Joliet
LB = Lombard
MC = Michigan City
NV = Naperville
OB = Oak Brook
OP = Oak Park
RO = Rosemont
SC = Schaumburg
SK = Skokie
WH = Wheeling
WR = Woodridge




- here are renderings for some of the under construction and proposed projects:


[u]Under Construction





[u]Proposed


Lake/Forest Development
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9779/lakeforest1.jpg
(http://phorio.com/?t=object&id=587994711)



All of the credit for this thread goes to the hard-working and extremely dedicated Chicago editors and photographers of Phorio. It is they who track down developers and architects to get height data and renderings. It is they who schlep around town taking pictures and keeping track of the status of all the various projects in Chicago. I merely arrange the information they gather into this simple, concise, and easy to read list.

[i_am_hydrogen]

If anyone has any additions, subtractions, or other amendments, let me know.

[Steely Dan]

Hydrogen, thank you so much for carrying the torch on this one. It's very much appreciated.

[i_am_hydrogen]

No problem, Dan.

[simcityaustin]

This is looking great! I was just looking at the page one yesterday and all of the bad pic links and old info. Good to see it up to date and refreshed!

Great work!

[Okstate]

That compilation wore me out breezing through it. I can't imagine actually storing away all this in ones head. Chicago is overwhelming...in an incredibly awesome way.

[denizen467]

If anyone has any additions, subtractions, or other amendments, let me know.

Just the thread name. At some point, the "BOOM" is over, and the thread title becomes stale. This opportunity may or may not be a good place to draw the line (the projects continuing on today being, of course, products of the boom). As for ideas for a 6th-gen title, maybe "high-rises general thread" or "non-supertall high-rises" or something generic like that. Or we could stick with "boom" in a sort of broad and amorphous sense, and consider it a "millennium boom" in that it would be reflecting this century's new aesthetic, technological, political (e.g. pro-green), and economic (e.g. few corporate towers; rediscovery of urban residential; tourism explosion; etc.) paradigm. Makes me think we could start a new thread just to discuss what to name this thread...

[jcchii]

yeah, "boom" won't be a fair name for long, especially looking at the bodies on the floor in the on hold section

[Alliance]

Well, I think next year after the majority of the boomers are completed might be a good time to start 1999-2009.

Anyway, thanks ofr doing this Hydrogen.

the 150 E. Ontario Render should be updated to the most current one.
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5839/051508hotelcstfeed20080hg9.jpg

[spyguy]

Meh - I like the boom name, regardless of whether or not it's accurate. Maybe it's just familiarity...

Anyway, good job on updating the list.

[i_am_hydrogen]

The term boom is becoming increasingly inapt. Then again, compared to most other cities we have quite a few projects still left on the table. We were spoiled for a long time and now the rug has been pulled out from under us. We're a little bitter and crestfallen. But now is the time to start turning more attention to smaller projects that will continue to help develop the urban fabric.

[Alliance]

The term boom is becoming increasingly inapt. Then again, compared to most other cities we have quite a few projects still left on the table. We were spoiled for a long time and now the rug has been pulled out from under us. We're a little bitter and crestfallen. But now is the time to start turning more attention to smaller projects that will continue to help develop the urban fabric.

Not only inapt, but increasingly cliché (which has bugged me for a while).

There are some pretty good looking project on the list. I'm excited for the future and I really do believe both Waterview and the Spire will straighten themselves out.

[erbsenzaehler]

Great to see the new thread, thanks hydro! :)


Are there any news regarding Lincoln Park 2520, btw? The last I've read there were some demolition works going on at the site. Are they still goin to manage finishing it in 2008 for real? Lovely tower anyway, it deserves an own thread!

And what about the Flair Tower? The list says it's U/C - anybody who got some pictures? And why isn't there a website? I want some promising, shiny rendering video and price tables! ;)

Anyway, I've found a page with some additional graphics of the Flair Tower: www.rivernorthresidents.com (http://www.rivernorthresidents.com/misc/Flair%20Tower%201-08.pdf)

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg137/erbsenzaehler/Chicago/ChicagoFlairTowerPlan.png
Source: rivernorthresidents.com

[denizen467]

^ Stellar photos. And 540 LSD isn't even a curved building - you've got fisheye effect on the left side but not on the right - kind of a neat result.

[wrab]

Excellent job on v6, everyone- thanks for keeping up this great resource.

[Chicago Shawn]

This was posted on the last page of version 5..

Updated rendering of the taller design...
https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/654274.jpg

Updated Stats..
28 stories...360 feet (roof)...370 feet (Mechanical)

48 units ranging size from 2500-3500 square feet each

80 parking spaces, including 7 for the neighboring condo conversion which had spaces on that site in the past before the Jewish group purchased the site with the intent of building the now forever stalled community center.




I am Hydrogen, thanks for taking on the task of updating the boom rundown.

[SolarWind]

...any news regarding...the Flair Tower? The list says it's U/C - anybody who got some pictures? And why isn't there a website?
I posted these on the last page of the old Boom rundown thread so they may have been missed.

October 16, 2008
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/2618/dsc0136hw8.jpg

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/5229/dsc0123ll2.jpg

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/5245/dsc0113cv7.jpg

There's a website, but with little content: flairtower.com

i_am_hydrogen - You may want to add the link for Flair Tower on the first page. And thanks for picking it up after the superb job that Steely Dan did. The first page has been a great source of information and I'm glad it will continue.

[SolarWind]

October 16, 2008

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/3728/dsc0165js3.jpg

[ardecila]

And what about the Flair Tower? The list says it's U/C - anybody who got some pictures? And why isn't there a website? I want some promising, shiny rendering video and price tables! ;)

If you read the River North Residents page that you lifted those images from, you'd see that McCaffery, the developer, has changed Flair Tower into a rental building. Therefore, they do not need pre-sales or a marketing campaign, since they don't need to sell units. I assume they will begin marketing the building through the many apartment-finding services in the city.

[SolarWind]

October 14, 2008
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8263/dsc0009qj5.jpg

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/6097/dsc0014yt8.jpg

October 16, 2008
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/1788/dsc0022sl8.jpg

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7952/dsc0035fo6.jpg
^ good transparency

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4306/dsc0024nz7.jpg

[Chicago Shawn]

SoNo
Topless is legal
https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/654814.jpg

353 North Clark, Silver Tower
https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/654808.jpg

R+D 659
https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/654788.jpg

565 W Quincy
https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/654789.jpg

[Steely Dan]

10.18.2008

SoNo
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8227/43sonotx6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

check out all of the pics from my 11 mile kayak adventure on the river here: The REAL chicago river.... or "i think i'm officially addicted to kayaking" (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=159531)

[andydie]

didnt find individual threads for these so I post em in here:

155 North Wacker:
These are from my Cruise 10/8:

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj269/andydie/Chicago%20Trip/100_1459.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj269/andydie/Chicago%20Trip/100_1501.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj269/andydie/Chicago%20Trip/100_1502.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj269/andydie/Chicago%20Trip/100_1507.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj269/andydie/Chicago%20Trip/100_1512.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj269/andydie/Chicago%20Trip/100_1553.jpg

and a closer visit 10/12:
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj269/andydie/Chicago%20Trip/100_2124.jpg

353 North Clark:
here is one of 353 from 10/10:

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj269/andydie/Chicago%20Trip/100_1830.jpg

Not sure how this one is called so somebody fill me in:

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj269/andydie/Chicago%20Trip/100_1371.jpg

Enjoy!:yes:

[Pandemonious]

Wow, somehow I hadn't seen this before. Really solid design. It looks like it will look awesome enough to help minimze the presence and butt-ugliness of the chestnut tower directly behind it (forget exact name), which I have always been somewhat repulsed by.


This was posted on the last page of version 5..

Updated rendering of the taller design...
https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/654274.jpg

Updated Stats..
28 stories...360 feet (roof)...370 feet (Mechanical)

48 units ranging size from 2500-3500 square feet each

80 parking spaces, including 7 for the neighboring condo conversion which had spaces on that site in the past before the Jewish group purchased the site with the intent of building the now forever stalled community center.




I am Hydrogen, thanks for taking on the task of updating the boom rundown.

[jpIllInoIs]

^^ Streeter Place. Thnaks for th update Andydie!

[i_am_hydrogen]

October 16, 2008



Great view.

[BVictor1]

http://www.suntimes.com/business/roeder/1234425,CST-FIN-roeder22.article

October 22, 2008
Developer stung by condo gripes

REAL ESTATE | Has generally good reputation, but Near South Side issues could lead to new laws

DAVID ROEDER droeder@suntimes.com

One of Chicago's most prolific condo developers is facing withering criticism about construction quality in a showcase building on the Near South Side.

Residents of 1841 S. Calumet, a tower marketed as Museum Park Place, charge that Enterprise Cos. cut corners on the project, resulting in water leakage in the roof, walls and basement. They said Enterprise has refused to acknowledge responsibility for the defects and that the condo owners may face special assessments worth thousands of dollars each to pay for repairs.

The uproar threatens to hurt Enterprise's generally good reputation around Chicago. It also could lead to a push for state legislation to give condo buyers more protection from substandard work.

Some of the aggrieved residents took their complaints to the street, picketing in front of Enterprise's condo sales center Saturday. Tim Dempsey, an organizer of the protest, said the condo board has spent $37,000 on legal fees in a failed effort to get Enterprise to address the problems.

Enterprise Chairman Ron Shipka Sr. said he's close to an agreement with the condo board, which he said evidently hasn't been communicated to the building's residents. He agreed that leakage is a problem that his firm must fix.

"Everyone in that building has the right to expect that the skin on the building doesn't leak," he said. "But to jump off the deep end and say we're doing nothing about it, that's just not true."

Dempsey is not on the condo board and said he staged the protest without its involvement. Asked about contact residents have had with Enterprise, he said, "We never get to talk to them except through the lawyers. And it'll take 60 to 90 days to get an answer to a letter."

Formerly a machinist, Dempsey said he now works in sales in the steel industry. He said he regrets moving into the building. "I had a 60-year-old house in the suburbs that was in better shape than this new high-rise," Dempsey said.

Museum Park Place is 23 stories that are easily distinguishable from Lake Shore Drive by the crisscrossing red stripes on the facade. It is part of the huge Central Station complex, which until the crisis in the housing market seemed to breed new skyscrapers. Central Station is under the control of Fogelson Cos. and Forest City Enterprise Inc., but they have sold much of the residential development sites to Enterprise.

Tina Feldstein, president of the Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance, said Enterprise has joined a list of developers who have put up defective units on the Near South Side. Probably the most prominent example is 1717 S. Prairie, a high-rise developed by the former team of Warren Barr and William Warman. The condo board had to impose a $6.5 million special assessment on the owners, costing many of them from $20,000 to $60,000, and it is suing to recover money.

Developers, however, can insulate themselves by starting each project in the name of a new limited liability company. Some buyers have said developers promise unrealistically low monthly assessments, and the truth doesn't come out until a building is handed off to a condo board.

Feldstein said changes in state law are needed. One idea is to compel developers to fund an escrow account to correct defects. Others say there should be a mediation service between condo boards and the builders.

[the urban politician]

New 37-story downtown dorm on the works, according to Crains.

Sorry, too lazy to post the article here..

[Nowhereman1280]

^ Here it is:

Dorm developer doubles down in East Loop

(Crain’s) — The owner of a new 456-bed dormitory in the East Loop wants to pack another 1,221 students into a planned 37-story high-rise next door.

A joint venture including Chicago-based real estate investment firms L&H Real Estate Group and Brownstone Realty & Development Co. has asked the city to approve a zoning change that would allow the new dorm at 51-67 E. Van Buren St. The tower would connect with the Buckingham, a 27-story former office building immediately to the east that the same developers converted into student housing last year.

The new project is a bold bet that rising enrollments at downtown colleges will continue to spur demand for student housing, despite the darkening economy. Student housing is considered a recession-resistant property sector, driven more by demographics — as the so-called echo boom generation reaches college age — than by economic cycles.

Rest of Article:
http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=31498

Yay for more educational building in Chicago!

[harryc]

Catching up,

155 N Wacker
Oct 14
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP8iMDFcJDI/AAAAAAAA07M/jOuywk2bJmM/s800/P1100020.JPG

Oct 16
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP8iMraBQ5I/AAAAAAAA07Y/g78dtNATVYc/s800/P1100302.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP8iMzOq8iI/AAAAAAAA07k/OZuyudckz-U/s800/P1100304.JPG

161 W Kinzie
http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP9E1NNxkvI/AAAAAAAA08I/i6GK0XJomN4/s720/P1090961_2_3.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP9FBO_3-9I/AAAAAAAA084/uvqXNaJ3GPw/s800/P1100095.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP9E2fzuFDI/AAAAAAAA08U/NbXpPMW-QVU/s720/P1100097_8_9.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP9HTpxUeLI/AAAAAAAA09s/PZHvSwG_HRE/s800/P1100056.JPG

Reminds me of ThunderBirds and Supermarination.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP9E3XtPOOI/AAAAAAAA08g/0WBjhpyfUHA/s800/P1090969.JPG

gritty
http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP9E4YqITeI/AAAAAAAA0-I/EYnNMbLfyeA/s800/P1090971.JPG

DaWitt
Oct 14
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP9S5kTiaEI/AAAAAAAA0-8/ibXO6xdpeZY/s720/P1100106.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP9S6dk6brI/AAAAAAAA0_I/RI_r-32T0Pw/s720/P1100112_3_4.jpg

Oct 16
http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP9S7PH9_FI/AAAAAAAA0_U/LcX9ipIXJfk/s720/P1100310.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP9S7xvNWAI/AAAAAAAA0_g/upsCxH6lQPI/s800/P1100337.JPG

[jpIllInoIs]

^ The more I see of the Wit- the more I like.

[harryc]

Catching up,

Silver Tower
Oct 16
http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP91iEnK6HI/AAAAAAAA1HA/pBUv0sKD4NQ/s800/P1100344.JPG

353 N Clark


Oct 13
Really big glass hanger
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP-QmKcTQtI/AAAAAAAA1Ds/sJZ5fh8zHJ0/s720/P1090931.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP-QmsmLvgI/AAAAAAAA1D4/ukGDrA8_VMI/s800/P1090942.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP-Q163FGQI/AAAAAAAA1EE/Sve1ruTkfuA/s720/P1090945.JPG

Filling in on the left
http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP-Q2hh_UqI/AAAAAAAA1EQ/fyFkRiRFJuI/s800/P1090976_7_8.jpg

Oct 14
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP-Q3R36lRI/AAAAAAAA1Ec/xr2Y_bIayto/s720/P1100014_5_6.jpg

Going up
http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP-ROrBPQbI/AAAAAAAA1Eo/Q1VDMx4B0K8/s512/P1100074.JPG http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP-RPATjhtI/AAAAAAAA1E4/twdvAwUrIcE/s512/P1100077.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP-RPmKLmMI/AAAAAAAA1FE/uBNzKjf-tjo/s720/P1100085.JPG

Oct 16
Edgey glass
http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP-SzBciBYI/AAAAAAAA1F4/Cxei3Zm9Eds/s720/P1100347.JPG

[BVictor1]

Lexington Park

(Now topped out)

10/21/08

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/655625.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/655626.jpg

[Nowhereman1280]

Wow, great updates lately guys, really catching me up on some of these projects!

[SkokieSwift]

Filling in on the left
http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP-Q2hh_UqI/AAAAAAAA1EQ/fyFkRiRFJuI/s800/P1090976_7_8.jpg


Fantastic pic. Awesome to see Aqua's crane creeping up in the background...

[BVictor1]

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/655631.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/655634.jpg

[SolarWind]

October 22, 2008

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/5113/dsc0053zg4.jpg
^ crane assembly

[SolarWind]

October 22, 2008

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5977/dsc0171el4.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2225/dsc0140gt3.jpg

[harryc]

Oct 13
http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP_WO7Y2WWI/AAAAAAAA1PM/2JmaCxcMKVk/s800/P1090901.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP_WQCzu2FI/AAAAAAAA1PY/r0guML8lipU/s800/P1090903.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP_WSW-wkqI/AAAAAAAA1Pk/T-cEawddHZM/s800/P1090916_7_8.jpg

[harryc]

From last week
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP_cwVuG60I/AAAAAAAA1T4/qhB3Vq9Z93k/s800/P1090703_4_5.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP_cnuNp8OI/AAAAAAAA1Tg/Ec0qYDYbYlU/s800/P1090699_700_701.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP_cqV0HJ_I/AAAAAAAA1Ts/I0YCulWeqKE/s800/P1100263_1_2.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP_d7dw6ShI/AAAAAAAA1Us/xQcXAJNsF4k/s800/2008_10_16A.JPG

Full Size (http://picasaweb.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/Skylines2008#)

[harryc]

http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP_jFGD1isI/AAAAAAAA1Wk/baANGOKgtS8/s800/P1090859.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP_i_DjU47I/AAAAAAAA1WY/Kcr66nmq71w/s800/P1100186_7_8.jpg

[the urban politician]

^ Thanks as always for all of your updates, Harry.

The park looks nice. When I used to visit my friend here, this was all surface parking. Ahhh, change for the better...

[lalucedm]

Yay! Another parking lot down (hopefully) and one in the southern part of the Loop this time.


^ Here it is:

Dorm developer doubles down in East Loop

(Crain’s) — The owner of a new 456-bed dormitory in the East Loop wants to pack another 1,221 students into a planned 37-story high-rise next door.

A joint venture including Chicago-based real estate investment firms L&H Real Estate Group and Brownstone Realty & Development Co. has asked the city to approve a zoning change that would allow the new dorm at 51-67 E. Van Buren St. The tower would connect with the Buckingham, a 27-story former office building immediately to the east that the same developers converted into student housing last year.

The new project is a bold bet that rising enrollments at downtown colleges will continue to spur demand for student housing, despite the darkening economy. Student housing is considered a recession-resistant property sector, driven more by demographics — as the so-called echo boom generation reaches college age — than by economic cycles.

Rest of Article:
http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=31498

Yay for more educational building in Chicago!

[denizen467]

http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP_cqV0HJ_I/AAAAAAAA1Ts/I0YCulWeqKE/s800/P1100263_1_2.jpg


:slob:

[JDRCRASH]

Wow, Version 6 already? Good going Chicago.

[Echo Park]

http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP_cqV0HJ_I/AAAAAAAA1Ts/I0YCulWeqKE/s800/P1100263_1_2.jpg


wow!

[denizen467]

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2225/dsc0140gt3.jpg

New condo for SolarWind at OMP?

--> New party space for SSP forumers?

[BVictor1]

10/21/08

1600 Museum Park

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/655743.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/655746.jpg

[Chicago Shawn]

Wow Harry, those skyline shots are superb.

[andydie]

Wow Harry, those skyline shots are superb.

indeed sweet shots Harry:tup:

[JDRCRASH]

wow!

Yeah that picture reminds me of the one taken from I ROBOT.:D

[Jibba]

10/21/08

1600 Museum Park

...



Thanks for grabbing some shots of this one. I had almost completely forgotten about it. From some of those angles it doesn't look like the giant piece of dog crap that the renders had me anticipating.

[DCCliff]

:previous:
Well, yes, that's true. But in that last straight-up-the-center shot (NICE btw) it still bears an uncanny resemblance to a Robt. Taylor Homes tower (yikes!) but with a 100-times-better facade and cladding. :)

[Alliance]

Pant-changing shots, Harry.

[BVictor1]

Thanks for grabbing some shots of this one. I had almost completely forgotten about it. From some of those angles it doesn't look like the giant piece of dog crap that the renders had me anticipating.

It's okay. They should have mirrored the west crown with the east. The west side makes the building really look flat.

[honte]

:previous:
Well, yes, that's true. But in that last straight-up-the-center shot (NICE btw) it still bears an uncanny resemblance to a Robt. Taylor Homes tower (yikes!) but with a 100-times-better facade and cladding. :)

Precisely what I thought when I saw those. Ouch.

And yet, I like this far better than the east side, with its stupid Cyclops ornament on top.

[SNT1]

From last week
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP_cqV0HJ_I/AAAAAAAA1Ts/I0YCulWeqKE/s800/P1100263_1_2.jpg


Man, this thing just has that Gotham look going on.

[SolarWind]

New condo for SolarWind at OMP?
I wish! SusieM was kind enough to invite me up to check out the spectacular views she’ll be enjoying. She is just starting to move in after recently closing on the condo. SusieM also gave me a tour of OMPE and I was very impressed. I took over a hundred pictures from her balcony, hoping a few would turn out, and I still need to go through them and pick out the best ones. I'm planning to create a separate thread in the city photography section.

[SolarWind]

:previous: Harry, that is a kick-ass photo. Great job! :tup:

[i_am_hydrogen]

Seconded. Wonderful shot, harry.

[jcchii]

seriously. that shot is severe

[cityofblindinglights]

from today...paint etc continues on The Clare
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/2968664374_ec0bb55ea6_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/2968664364_47ed618085_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/2968664362_626b0aee0e_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2967834807_a8685ce2e4_b.jpg

10 East Delaware and Walton
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2967834783_8b0e1c3fb1_b.jpg

a blurry skyline shot from tonight
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/2968664358_241b10f443_b.jpg

[jcchii]

nice

[Chicago Shawn]

^ Here it is:

Dorm developer doubles down in East Loop

(Crain’s) — The owner of a new 456-bed dormitory in the East Loop wants to pack another 1,221 students into a planned 37-story high-rise next door.

A joint venture including Chicago-based real estate investment firms L&H Real Estate Group and Brownstone Realty & Development Co. has asked the city to approve a zoning change that would allow the new dorm at 51-67 E. Van Buren St. The tower would connect with the Buckingham, a 27-story former office building immediately to the east that the same developers converted into student housing last year.

The new project is a bold bet that rising enrollments at downtown colleges will continue to spur demand for student housing, despite the darkening economy. Student housing is considered a recession-resistant property sector, driven more by demographics — as the so-called echo boom generation reaches college age — than by economic cycles.

Rest of Article:
http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=31498

Yay for more educational building in Chicago!


I forgot to mention earlier that this project could be a candidate for tallest dorm in the world. Dan in Chicago, do you know who holds the title now? I know the dorm in Normal, IL is up there among the tallest with a top out at 300 feet, 27 stories. This one could clear 400'.


I love student housing. Its very dense, very active, and creates no new NIMBYs. More please.

[honte]

Man, that Clare sure is a hulk...

[Jibba]

^Yes, it is. However, every time I look at it I can't help but think of how (contextually) refreshing it is, though. It has a nice, unique shape that is pretty bold and in-your-face, but it works for me. I would say that I wish it would have treaded a little more lightly on the environment in which it was placed, but compared to the way contemporaries have respected their neighbors (or rather mocked them) it really isn't so bad. A lighter touch on the parking structure would have been appreciated, even if it visually compliments the tower itself rather nicely.

[honte]

^ Yeah, I don't necessarily dislike it, but I don't think there's much grace there, even though the designers clearly had that in mind. I definitely would have preferred it in another location - with a bit more breathing room.

It doesn't feel much like "home" because the elements are too repetitive and monotonous, like a giant Portman hotel maybe, without the creativity. It does look straight out of Dallas or Atlanta or somewhere like that.

The detailing is weak and the material palette too naive. It's simultaneously too much and not enough. If it had been clad in a Sofitel-like glass, one might have really appreciated the curve and the cut-out would have had a nice interplay of reflections. The way they are now, one has to think the architects were saying, "Whoa, that's a helluva lot of building to put on that corner."

It's just kind of an agreeable dud to me.

[Jibba]

I would definitely agree with your assessment above, particularly about the glass. Also, your phrasing of "simultaneously too much and not enough" really nails why it doesn't quite work completely for me.

As far as the connection of the design with the aesthetics of other cities, I suppose I could see Atlanta and Dallas, but what city really sticks out in my mind (especially when viewing the third and fourth photos of cityofblindinglights's post) is Dubai. Something about the treatment of the horizontal elements and that heavily-massed pinnacle really resonates with a lot of the new stuff going up there.

I will say that it does have considerably more appeal in person, and even more so from afar where its visuals are interpreted in a larger scope of context (really starting to sound like a backhanded compliment). Perhaps the details don't look as fudged from far away because, well, you can't discern that there really aren't any, at least any that add value.

[denizen467]

I forgot to mention earlier that this project could be a candidate for tallest dorm in the world. Dan in Chicago, do you know who holds the title now? I know the dorm in Normal, IL is up there among the tallest with a top out at 300 feet, 27 stories. This one could clear 400'.

U Penn has some tall tower dorms; they might be more than 27 stories (though likely fall short of 37).

Shawn, aren't you one of the people who has access to the full Emporis database?

[trvlr70]

[QUOTE=honte;3872715
It doesn't feel much like "home" because the elements are too repetitive and monotonous, like a giant Portman hotel maybe, without the creativity. It does look straight out of Dallas or Atlanta or somewhere like that.

.[/QUOTE]

I agree here. It reminds me of an early 80's Portman hotel in Atlanta. Good call.

[DCCliff]

From last week

http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SP_cqV0HJ_I/AAAAAAAA1Ts/I0YCulWeqKE/s800/P1100263_1_2.jpg

Full Size (http://picasaweb.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/Skylines2008#)

From where was this incredible shot taken? I am having trouble placing it along the Lake St. green line since the view seems to line up with Monroe/Adams.

[harryc]

From where was this incredible shot taken? I am having trouble placing it along the Lake St. green line since the view seems to line up with Monroe/Adams.

Laramie sta ( the corner of Brachs is visible on the left )

[VivaLFuego]

Not sure if someone has previously reported it, but Case has some equipment (inc. assembled foundation crane) on site at 200 W Lake. Looks like this one might get underway pretty soon.

[Tom Servo]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/2968664374_ec0bb55ea6_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/2968664364_47ed618085_b.jpg

HOW TO RUIN A BUILDING: CHICAGO STYLE

*see also / THE WIT


...lame... when will people realize how unbelievably tacky painted concrete looks? also, honte, i think your assessment of this building is WAY too harsh. i like its rather raw and utilitarian feel... well, likED

...it could have been a wonderfully stark contrast to the surrounding bourgeois gold coast :shrug: no?

[Tom Servo]

has anyone else seen how great burnham pointe turned out? it fits in seamlessly with the pre-existing urban fabric. if this is considered a 'filler' building, i'd like to see more.

[BVictor1]

has anyone else seen how great burnham pointe turned out? it fits in seamlessly with the pre-existing urban fabric. if this is considered a 'filler' building, i'd like to see more.

that one turned out a lot glassier than i realized, especially from the river

[honte]

HOW TO RUIN A BUILDING: CHICAGO STYLE

..it could have been a wonderfully stark contrast to the surrounding bourgeois gold coast :shrug: no?

I guess, but the way to win points for Modernism is not to crash their sophisticated tea party with a brutish and thoroughly plebian presence.

Anyway, I liked it better unpainted too. Far better.

[Nowhereman1280]

Uhhh guys...

I'm not so sure that 560 N. Fairbanks is dead. I just walked by the site tonight and there is a Cassion drill rig thing with several 1.5 foot wide cassion holes drilled. Also, there were a couple of back hoes and other earth moving equipment in addition to assorted smaller things like some kind of pump or something. I don't know what they are doing there, but they are definitely building something and its not small...

[Jaroslaw]

How is the demo for the Ritz Carlton progressing? I saw a quarter page ad for this in the Asian edition of the Financial Times about three weeks ago, so it seems that they're still alive, in some sense. I know they got a loan, but in this climate--and with their project in LA losing about 20 buyers recently who had "reservations", who knows? I imagine some people would rather have this one die; I like it if only because it'll obscure that awful semi-pomo Omni up the block.

[Dan in Chicago]

I forgot to mention earlier that this project could be a candidate for tallest dorm in the world. Dan in Chicago, do you know who holds the title now? I know the dorm in Normal, IL is up there among the tallest with a top out at 300 feet, 27 stories. This one could clear 400'.

It's possible. New York City has a couple of tall mixed-use buildings with dormitory space, including The Epic, a 615-foot building on 31st Street, and the Marymount University Dormitory (473'). London is currently constructing Nido Spitalfields, which at 367' will tie the Dobie Center in Austin for the tallest all-dormitory building known to Emporis.

[jcchii]

I saw equipment at 200 w Lake on friday from the L. Definitely seemed to be starting

[Chicago Shawn]

Uhhh guys...

I'm not so sure that 560 N. Fairbanks is dead. I just walked by the site tonight and there is a Cassion drill rig thing with several 1.5 foot wide cassion holes drilled. Also, there were a couple of back hoes and other earth moving equipment in addition to assorted smaller things like some kind of pump or something. I don't know what they are doing there, but they are definitely building something and its not small...

Yeah, I saw that. Does anyone know if there is a freight tunnel under the site? The caisson drill could be in the process of drilling an access hole to fill the tunnel with grout. I would imagine that could up the resale value of the property if it has already been done.

[Chicago Shawn]

It's possible. New York City has a couple of tall mixed-use buildings with dormitory space, including The Epic, a 615-foot building on 31st Street, and the Marymount University Dormitory (473'). London is currently constructing Nido Spitalfields, which at 367' will tie the Dobie Center in Austin for the tallest all-dormitory building known to Emporis.

Wicked. So if this new tower really is all-dormitory, then we have a new world record; unless a taller obscure dorm tower is found in China or somewhere else that is relativity undocumented.

[harryc]

I saw equipment at 200 w Lake on friday from the L. Definitely seemed to be starting

Yup - caisson drill from CASE Foundations.
Thursday the 23rd ( it was mounted by Friday afternoon ).
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQSZUWJa17I/AAAAAAAA8h4/d_TPZXYrAgI/s800/P1110209.JPG

[harryc]

http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQS1yDyk7dI/AAAAAAAA8l8/kwsvYDR5dLk/s800/P1110264_5_6.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQS10CcQtLI/AAAAAAAA8mI/3QaiYbBTV7s/s720/P1110412_3_4.jpg

[harryc]

A few more morning shots from last week - it's that time of year ( all are from Ridgeland station on the Green line).

Oct 20 am
http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQToP7n1tTI/AAAAAAAA8sU/YVp16lwd-1o/s800/P1100693_4_5.jpg

Oct 20 pm
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQToRZVJTjI/AAAAAAAA8sg/CtvAEDlX19g/s800/P1100836_7_8.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQToTQuxHhI/AAAAAAAA8ss/IwNE597E5nE/s800/P1100845_6_7.jpg

Oct 21 am
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQToU4DkInI/AAAAAAAA8s4/Gw59RPgdJ9I/s800/P1100855_6_7.jpg

Oct 22 am
http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQToXXe3q3I/AAAAAAAA8tE/Avol54hUZCA/s800/P1110072_3_4.jpg

Halloween comes early.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQToYsoFpuI/AAAAAAAA8tQ/_or3quV6yA8/s800/P1110084_5_6.jpg

Full Size (http://picasaweb.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/Skylines2008#)

[honte]

:eek:

Harry, I'm sure more than a few people have decided to move here just because of your photographs.

[Jibba]

A few more morning shots from last week - it's that time of year ( all are from Ridgeland station on the Green line).

Oct 21 am
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQToU4DkInI/AAAAAAAA8s4/Gw59RPgdJ9I/s800/P1100855_6_7.jpg


Full Size (http://picasaweb.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/Skylines2008#)

A damn fine photograph my friend. Positively menacing.

[Chicago Shawn]

^^^F@%King Sweet.

Harry, that is my new wallpaper. Three things I love are in that shot: Skyline, trains, and menacing looking weather.



Some stale month old SoNo West pics, 09-22-2008
https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/656929.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/656931.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/656932.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/656930.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/656950.jpg

Precast looks so much better when not trying to imitate a real stone product, I like this a lot:
https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/656953.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/656952.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/656951.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/656958.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/656955.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/656956.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/656957.jpg

[VivaLFuego]

Were the foundations for SoNo East done at the same time as for West? It would appear little has been done on the east tower; on hold indefinitely until market conditions improve?

[aaron38]

^^^F@%King Sweet.
https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/10/656931.jpg

Agreed, that is nice. I basically hate concrete as an exposed building material (always looks cold sterile and cheap to me), but if more architects started actually caring about it like that, I might start changing my mind.


Also, I heard on the radio that there is a scafolding collapse and small fire at a construction site on Ohio between Orleans and Wells. Is that Silver Tower?
Hopefully everyone is all right.

[BVictor1]

Were the foundations for SoNo East done at the same time as for West? It would appear little has been done on the east tower; on hold indefinitely until market conditions improve?

no, the foundations for the east tower wern't drilled.

Wouldn't it be nice, that when market conditions improve, if the height of the east tower were increased?

No, I haven't heard anything about that happening, I was just dreaming...

But, wouldn't it be nice?

[dagobert]

HarryC,
Is that a secret screen shot from the movie sequel to Independence Day:D



Oct 21 am
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQToU4DkInI/AAAAAAAA8s4/Gw59RPgdJ9I/s800/P1100855_6_7.jpg

[i_am_hydrogen]

Taken 10-18:
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8369/pvwest1018bh3.jpg

[ardecila]

Found on Hartshorne Plunkard's website:

Huron/Orleans Tower (I believe this is different from the "300 West Huron" proposal awhile back)

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/1699/picture3zv5.jpg

1372 North Milwaukee (currently a Walgreens & associated parking lot)

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/756/picture4ci8.jpg
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/5346/picture5vo3.jpg

[Jibba]

^Great, so the seven-story condo that was proposed for this plot was axed for being "out of character with the neighborhood", and then they approve a decidedly hideous (albeit from a rendering) three-story parking garage that clashes even more with the buildings in the vicinity than the previous proposal did? By the way, the name for the project set to be produced on the plot of land in question is called the Wicker Park Collection (according to the banner placed on the side of the Walgreen's a little while ago). While I will be glad to see the Walgreen's finally go, this is not the appropriate project to take its place.

What I also don't understand is the disparate renderings on HPA's website (also presented above). They clearly can't be for the same project. In fact, the top rendering for the project in the above post looks very similar to the project that wasn't given the go-ahead, and indeed it would be highly unlikely that a parking garage should have balconies (although I wouldn't put it past some idiotic developer to do so in an act of unabashed deception).

So now the Walgreen's surface lot and the surface lot for Midwest Bank are now both slated to be future plush accommodations for automobile whores -- fantastic. I can't wait to have to dodge even more manic drivers on the great "pedestrian" street that is Milwaukee Avenue. On second thought, there will probably be so much gridlock now that it will be even easier to bike right past them with ease.

[harryc]

...snip...
So now the Walgreen's surface lot and the surface lot for Midwest Bank are now both slated to be future plush accommodations for automobile whores -- fantastic. I can't wait to have to dodge even more manic drivers on the great "pedestrian" street that is Milwaukee Avenue. On second thought, there will probably be so much gridlock now that it will be even easier to bike right past them with ease.

Don;t forget to smile and wave as you zip past those participating in the traffic jams

[harryc]

Oct 24 A fine job of matching the painted columns with the trees.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQTDK6gR1KI/AAAAAAAA8rQ/xa3FcvitPgE/s800/P1110374.JPG

Oct 22 I like the mix of building colors here.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQTlXydQmuI/AAAAAAAA8rs/c5tY88sfEW4/s800/P1110130.JPG

[harryc]

Moving along

Oct 16
http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQcLRGxyf0I/AAAAAAAA8w0/WhKCUpr9uFY/s640/P1100358.JPG

Oct 20
http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQcLJSMwEYI/AAAAAAAA8wY/j_vClhDeE9U/s640/P1100813.JPG

Oct 24
http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQcLJkzwYpI/AAAAAAAA8wk/zI6hpFO7ago/s800/P1110420.JPG


http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SQcK94CliGI/AAAAAAAA8wM/_xoQAKUL4KI/s800/P1110304.JPG

[honte]

Hyde Park condos may replace shopping plaza
150-unit project has resident support, needs city OK

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4965/102808hydene3.jpg

http://www.suntimes.com/business/1245087,CST-FIN-hyde28.article


October 28, 2008

BY DAVID ROEDER AND FRAN SPIELMAN droeder@suntimes.com/fspielman@suntimes.com

A developer has asked city officials for authority to tear down a 1960s shopping plaza in Hyde Park and replace it with high-rise housing built over new stores and offices.

The project involves a 2.5-acre parcel at 5101 S. Harper, currently the home of the Village Center shopping mall. The property owner, Antheus Capital LLC, wants to build 150 condominiums atop a parking structure and a commercial base.

...

Eli Ungar, Antheus chairman, said the company is well-capitalized and isn't afraid of starting its project in a slow market for home sales. "Hyde Park is different," he said. "It hasn't seen a lot of new construction in the last 20 years."

...

The developer hired well-known Chicago architect Jeanne Gang to design the complex. Gang employs sunscreens that the residents can open or close, changing the building's appearance depending on the time of day.



Sounds a bit like her old vision for Aqua...

Very glad to see they are still moving forward with this project - looks like a great addition to the South Side.