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Old Posted Sep 18, 2010, 2:59 PM
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Originally Posted by denizen467 View Post
I remember the below-grade phase took excruciatingly long on Waterview - to integrate the multiple uses into the tight site plan, and to support a slender tower of 90 stories. (This was going to be the tallest ever non-full-block (or sub-half-block if you want to get technical about JHC) building in Chicago, or the world, or something like that.)

It'd be such a shame to let that infrastructure go underused, including that it's one of the few remaining sites benefiting from a bi-level roadway.
I think the time it took had more to do with the developer not having loans in place even at that early date. Half the time you would not see anything happen for a day or two when they were doing the foundation. That said I think you are right about this site now needing a supertall since they already spent the money on the core. Not sure what happened to the cladding. I understood it was only enough for the first 10-15 floors. It was sitting in a warehouse near O'hare.