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CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7

Welcome to v7.3 (Sept 2018) of the Chicago High-rise Boom thread. - Here’s a link to the previous version of this page: CHICAGO: boom rundown - everything over 12 floors. v6

After a prolonged dip in development and construction during the leanest years of the Global Recession, the construction boom is back in full effect - while clearly not (yet) as prolific as the early 2000s, highrise activity has picked up considerably since 2013. 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.

A couple of quick notes on version 7:

- The 'Recently Completed' list will primarily reflect the new construction boom - the previous list is still accessible in version 6 of this rundown.

- Individual skyscraper thread links have been moved to the bottom of the rundown and will be updated to reflect current construction projects, plus new and forthcoming proposals.

- the 'Proposed' section of renderings has a status next to each project, whether they are 'Active' or 'Dormant' proposals. Any dormant proposals that are cancelled will be removed from the Boom rundown.

Please feel free send a private message or directed post in the thread for any updates or modifications to the page 1 list. A concerted effort will be made to make sure page 1 is always up to date. Many thanks to all of the contributors, custodians and photographers of this thread among others, for all of your painstaking work in showcasing Chicago's beautiful skyline.

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Chicago's building boom:

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

     name                                   use            height     floors     year

Under Construction:

Wanda Vista                         res./hotel       1191 ft       98       2019

NEMA Chicago    residential       893 ft       80       2019

One Bennett Park                    res./hotel        836 ft       68       2018

110 North Wacker Drive              office            800 ft       51       ____

Wolf Point, East Tower              residential       679 ft       62       ____

Essex Inn addition                  hotel             607 ft       56       ____

CNA Center                          office            568 ft       36       2018

465 N. Park                         residential       535 ft       45       2018

One South Halsted                   residential       495 ft       44       ____

The Paragon             residential       488 ft       48       ____

No. 9 Walton                        residential       456 ft       37       2017

Old Town Park Phase 2              residential       380 ft       39       ____

Old Town Park Phase 1              residential       341 ft       32       ____

The Cooper at Southbank               residential       321 ft       29       ____

McHugh Hotel (Chinatown)            residential       320 ft       27       ____

1101 South Wabash                   residential       306 ft       30       ____

1136 South Wabash                   residential       304 ft       29       ____

8 East Huron                        residential       300 ft       26       ____

3Eleven Illinois                    residential       298 ft       24       ____

1600 E. 53rd Street        residential       295 ft       26       ____

1333 S. Wabash                      residential       ___ ft       28       2015

Eight Eleven Uptown, Phase I        residential       260 ft       26       ____

Solstice on the Park                residential       268 ft       25       ____

237 East Ontario                    residential       262 ft       26       ____

Toyoko Inn Hotel        hotel       ___ ft       24       ____

The Mill (734 N. Milwaukee)        residential       ___ ft       23       ____

215 W. Hubbard                      office/res.       255 ft       22       ____

GEMS Academy Phase 2                educational       240 ft       13       ____

The Lincoln Common Bldg.A1          residential       214 ft       20       ____

The Lincoln Common Bldg.A2          residential       214 ft       20       ____

1001 W. Chicago (S. Tower)          residential       201 ft       16       ____

1001 W. Chicago (N. Tower)          residential       170 ft       15       ____

625 W. Adams                        office            ___ ft       18       ____

Wicker Park Connection              residential       174 ft       15       2018

Nobu Hotel                          hotel             154 ft       13       ____

Webster Square - TO                 residential       152 ft       12       ____

The Renelle                         residential       ___ ft       17       ____

181 Huron (Marlowe)                 residential       ___ ft       15       ____

NU Biomedical Research Ctr.         hospital          ___ ft       15       2019

165 N. Des Plaines                  residential       ___ ft       14       ____

1411 S. Michigan                    residential       ___ ft       14       ____

111 South Peoria                    residential       ___ ft       13       ____

Hoxton Hotel                        hotel             ___ ft       12       ____

“TO” indicates that the building has been topped out

Site Prep/Demo:

130 N. Franklin                     office            700 ft       50       ____

1061 West Van Buren                 residential       330 ft       32       ____

Proposed:

Tribune Tower East/addition                         res./hotel       1422 ft       113       2020

400 Lake Shore Drive (1)                         res./hotel       1100 ft       76       2020

One Chicago Square (1)                         res./hotel       1046 ft       76       2020

Wolf Point, South Tower             office/res.      ~950 ft       70       ____

Lake Shore East Site I                   residential       875 ft       80       ____

400 Lake Shore Drive (2)                   residential       850 ft       65       ____

1000 S. Michigan                    residential       832 ft       73       ____

One Chicago Square (2)                  res./hotel        690 ft       49       ____

201 North Columbus                  res./hotel        642 ft       __       ____

725 W. Randolph/Equinox Hotel                  res./hotel        615 ft       52       ____

590 W. Madison                      office/hotel      582 ft       44       ____

Atrium Village Phase 4              residential       420 ft       44       ____

Atrium Village Phase 3              residential       410 ft       41       ____

900 W. Randolph              residential       ___ ft       39       ____

330 North Clark                     residential       377 ft       __       ____

1028 North Dearborn                 residential       365 ft       29       ____

Weed and Fremont                    residential       339 ft       31       ____

Chicago and Cambridge               residential       300 ft       __       ____

State & Lake                        residential       ___ ft       31       ____

River South South                   residential       ___ ft       29 & 19  ____

Printers Row tower                  residential       ___ ft       24       ____

Montrose and Clarendon, Phase II    residential       ___ ft       16       ____

Cedar Hotel                         hotel             208 ft       18       ____

162 West Superior                   residential       189 ft       17       ____

171 West Van Buren                  residential       ___ ft       40       ____

Wabash and Superior                 res./hotel        ___ ft       36       ____

353 West Grand                     residential       ___ ft       32       ____

LDVA Student Housing                residential       ___ ft       32       ____

725 West Randolph                   residential       ___ ft       31       ____

LaSalle and Illinois                residential       ___ ft       31       ____

Wacker Plaza                        office            ___ ft       31       ____

Wells & Congress Pkwy               hotel             ___ ft       27       ____

217 North Jefferson                 residential       262 ft       27       ____

460 West Chicago                    residential       ___ ft       25       ____

808 North Wells                     residential       ___ ft       24       ____

Blanc Chicago (Wells and Ontario)   residential       ___ ft       23       ____

Jefferson and Polk                  residential       ___ ft       22       ____

300 West Huron                      residential       ___ ft       22       ____

Wells and Ontario (NW corner)       residential       ___ ft       22       ____

Fulton & Ashland                    office            ___ ft       20       ____

2109-2135 South Wabash complex      residential       ___ ft       19       ____

181 N. Clark hotel                  hotel             ___ ft       19       ____

645 West Madison                    office            ___ ft       19       ____

2775 North Hampden                  residential       ___ ft       17       ____

Andaz Hotel                         hotel             ___ ft       18       ____

900 West Randolph                   residential       ___ ft       17       ____

Illinois Medical District Complex   hotel/res.        ___ ft       16       ____

JBC West Loop Mega Lot              residential       ___ ft       13-17    ____

Bush Temple Tower addition          residential       ___ ft       15       ____

Study at The University of Chicago  hotel             ___ ft       15       ____

Grand Imperial Hotel                hotel             ___ ft       15       ____

Bluewater 5440                      residential       ___ ft       14       ____

Bridgeford Foods site               residential       ___ ft       13       ____

Fulton Market tower                 residential       149 ft       12       ____

210 North Carpenter                 commercial        ___ ft       12       ____

768 North Aberdeen                  residential       ___ ft       12       ____

975 West Wilson                     residential       ___ ft       12       ____

Ibero-American Tower                office/hotel      ___ ft       __       ____

Chicago Riverline                   multi-resi.       ___ ft       __       ____

Union Station Redevelopment                   office/hotel/multi-resi.       ___ ft       __       ____

Lincoln Yards                   office/multi-resi.       ___ ft       __       ____

The 78                   office/multi-resi./educational       ___ ft       __       ____

Nice! Thanks for taking on this huge project. :cheers:

Happy to do it. Apologies to Harry, JMT and marothisu, as your lasts posts in v6 were cut off. Please feel free to re-post here so as to pick up where we left off.

Thanks for doing this. The thread needs a :cool: to make it easier to pick out.

Great work, Sentinel!

Also 1333 S Wabash should be listed as U/C, the foundations are already in the ground and they are clearly excavating them and prepping to form the mat.

Also, has anyone driven by 750 N Hudson recently? They closed their loan a week or two ago so they should have shovels in the ground (unless of course they are in permit hell, but they usually don't close loans until the permit has been issued).

Great work, although a bit sad to see the impressive recently completed list stripped from page 1. First update: Marriott Marquis is definitely under construction :)

Thanks for picking up the mantle, it is certainly a big project to take on, it is much appreciated

A couple things I noticed…

:cool: This guy is missing from the thread title, he is usually a part of all the Chicago threads

Hyatt Place in the loop is done, and has been operating for several weeks.

I believe gateway tower is all wrapped up now too.

I would be strongly in favor of keeping the recently completed projects list. It ads context to boom and as someone in the last version noted, it serves as a nice archive of what has been completed in recent years.

So I moved the following to U/C:

- Marriott Marquis
- 1333 S Wabash

Edit: 'Recently Completed' list re-added towards end of rundown, with new additions only as they are completed, moving forward:

- Hyatt Place
- Gateway Tower, West Loop

Thanks for all of the information.

Also, answered my own question earlier, 750 N Hudson is in site prep with three excavators ripping up the parking lot. I imagine it is only a matter of weeks before the cassion rigs show up.

Hilton Garden Inn is completed and open for business. . .

. . .

Near New City - 8/4

The name of this one always escapes me.

^^It's The 'Xavier.'

Also, status updates for 750 Hudson and the Hilton Garden Inn. Additionally, does anyone know if New City is done, or pretty close to done?

108 N Jefferson 7/28

Quote:

Originally Posted by sentinel (Post 7124008)

^^It's The 'Xavier.'

Also, status updates for 750 Hudson and the Hilton Garden Inn. Additionally, does anyone know if New City is done, or pretty close to done?

From above re: 750 N Hudson:

Quote:

Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright (Post 7123617)

Also, answered my own question earlier, 750 N Hudson is in site prep with three excavators ripping up the parking lot. I imagine it is only a matter of weeks before the cassion rigs show up.

Can we include RUMORED projects like 1000 s state, and the SAIC tower? Also can you add River South.

Thanks for the new thread. :)

Looks great sentinel.

FYI, rendering for 61 Erie is incorrect (the drawing for 162 W Superior is shown for its entry).

I guess 905 N Orleans was approved by the city:

http://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/w...5-878x1024.jpg

http://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2...-goes-bye-bye/

I think that needs to be added to the proposals list.

^^^I saw that, but are we sure this one is different from 915 N Orleans, for which we already have an entry? Or is it the same project with an address snafu and a slightly modified design? Hmmmmm...

Also, thanks for the note Jibba. Will update soon...

200 N Mich - getting close to the top

7/21

7/22

8/04

8/07

28 N Feranklin - done

360 N Michigan and Friend

New Glass

Old Glass

At the top

In the lobby

Fireproofing - the old school

bricks would help protect the (structural) steel beams

Quote:

Originally Posted by sentinel (Post 7124249)

I missed 915, same project. Maybe toss the fancier image in there for good measure?

Hampton in on the Chicago Motor Club

845 N State - July 8

LoCaTion - Chicago / LaSalle

Looks like they are going to leave the top --not beige--

Great work on the thread re-boot Sentinel, and nice photos to start Harry!

Can we get this thread linked to Chicago Projects & Construction sub forum please? I know that is a convoluted process, because only a handful of people on the site have that ability, but it is the only place myself (and many others) routinely check.

Much thanks, and kudos for the thread reboot, lots of work all for the benefit of perfect strangers :cheers:

FYI there is a community meeting to discuss a potential development at 710 W Grand on WEDNESDAY, August 12, 2015 - 7:00pm at Cy's King Crab at 695 N Milwaukee. This is a small condo tower with a decent design. I think it's like 12-14 stories.

Not HoJo

8/04

Forms with no function

well poorly executed function of deceiving the masses

Quote:

Originally Posted by munchymunch (Post 7124040)

Can we include RUMORED projects like 1000 s state, and the SAIC tower? Also can you add River South.

Thanks for the new thread. :)

Live Aqua/Conservatory tower as well, perhaps

July 19th

Aug 10

Sentinel,

I would consider Webster Square under construction. It's a complete renovation to the existing hospital building on that site. Last time I was by there (4 weeks ago, maybe) the cladding had been fully demo'd off the existing building, and they were beginning to modify the existing floor slabs for the new facade.

Per the PD document, the main building will be 152' tall
https://gisapps.cityofchicago.org/gi...g_pds/PD84.pdf

^Thanks for the info Ned, updated Webster Square.

Also added entry for Conservatory Tower/Aqua hotel. Projects like 1000 S. Michigan, SAIC dorm and River South will be added once designs and height/floor count become available.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sentinel (Post 7125254)

^Thanks for the info Ned, updated Webster Square.

Also added entry for Conservatory Tower/Aqua hotel. Projects like 1000 S. State, SAIC dorm and River South will be added once designs and height/floor count become available.

What's the rumor regarding 1000 S State? I seemed to have completely missed that one, and everything that comes up on Google either relates to Golub's apartment tower across the street or 1000 S Clark.

Someone's wanting to knock down that horrible parking garage fronting State? :tup:

Quote:

Originally Posted by ithakas (Post 7125293)

I'm sorry, I had the wrong address, that should read '1000 S. Michigan'. That's the soon-to-be Helmut Jahn-designed tower, which we currently know very little about other than the location and architect. No floor count/height or design has been released yet, just the info that was announced in Crain's last week.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ithakas (Post 7125293)

There was some talk of SAIC building something large on the SE corner of Harrison and State, but that was just a rumor IIRC. Now at the NW corner of Balbo and Wabash, there was talk back in May (http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...25#post7020431) of a new student housing development.

Harry I'm loving all the photos. Looks like you've been busy. Thanks for posting them

Quote:

Originally Posted by J_M_Tungsten (Post 7124613)

Great work on the thread re-boot Sentinel, and nice photos to start Harry!

The majority of the credit goes to Steely Dan, i_am_hydrogen and others for getting everything started and well-maintained for so many years; I'm just here to help.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChickeNES (Post 7125368)

Oh yeah, but 1000 State is a little farther south than Harrison. But I believe the SAIC campus will transpire, since it was revealed they had purchased that lot. In the rumors department, we also have the Vinoly design on Roosevelt/Michigan. If we get Vinoly and Jahn towers on South Michigan, the South Loop will finally have the signature towers it needs.

Another surface lot bites the dust.

^^Very awesome to see - thanks!

Forest and Lake (Oak Park)

July 22

July 24
Poking up behind an Iconic FLW house on Forest

(actually very difficult to find this shot - Forest is full of trees)

Aug 5

Aug 7
Ridgeland stop on the green line

Quote:

Originally Posted by 123fakestreet (Post 7125489)

Wow, I had no idea so many buildings were going up in Chicago. This city is hot! By looking at this thread, you'd never guess the city was having financial issues.

The city as a collection of people is very wealthy (12th out of top 280 cities for median income) so development isn't a big surprise. Chicago is one of the top 10 city economies in the world, so it is going to draw investment.

The municipal government has a retirement pension issue, but it's the developers and businesses doing the building.

Harry-- when did you take those shots of Lake and Forest? I think they started pouring cement for the 15th floor on Monday.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pioneer (Post 7125862)

Harry-- when did you take those shots of Lake and Forest? I think they started pouring cement for the 15th floor on Monday.

The street level shots were from July 22/24 - I'll need to swing by there tonight.

Quote:

Originally Posted by harryc (Post 7125946)

The street level shots were from July 22/24 - I'll need to swing by there tonight.

A friend of mine just sent me a shot and they are pouring the floor on fifteen. He lives in the highrise across the street. It's going up pretty fast. At this rate, it'll top out in late Sept. or early Oct.? Just in time for Colt to start prep.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pioneer (Post 7126700)

Yeah, I also wonder when the demo across forest will start...

So is that delightful pastiche of design movements called New City done? Can I move the entry?

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