CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction

[i_am_hydrogen]

And so it begins again. Here’s a link to the last page of v5: CHICAGO: boom rundown - everything over 12 floors. v5


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:

1. Trump Int’l Hotel and Tower Chicago res./hotel        1389 ft       1198 ft      96       2010    website

2. Park Tower                          res./hotel        844 ft        824 ft       67       2000

3. Aqua                                res./hotel        822 ft        ... ..       83       2009    website

4. Legacy at Millennium Park           residential       819 ft        ... ..       73       2009    website

5. 300 North LaSalle                   office            785 ft        ... ..       60       2009    website

6. Blue Cross Blue Shield              office            743 ft        ... ..       57       2009    website

7. One Museum Park                     residential       734 ft        ... ..       65       2008    website

8. Waldorf-Astoria Chicago             res./hotel        686 ft        674 ft       60       2008    website

9. 111 South Wacker Drive              office            681 ft        ... ..       51       2005

10. Hyatt Center                        office            679 ft        678 ft       48       2005

11. 340 on the Park                     residential       672 ft        659 ft       64       2007

12. UBS Tower                           office            651 ft        ... ..       50       2001

13. 55 East Erie                        residential       647 ft        645 ft       56       2004

14. River East Center                   residential       644 ft        ... ..       58       2001

15. Grand Plaza Apartments              residential       641 ft        561 ft       57       2003

16. 155 North Wacker                    office            638 ft        ... ..       48       2009     

17. The Heritage                        residential       631 ft        ... ..       57       2005

18. 353 North Clark                     office            624 ft        ... ..       44       2009

19. Millennium Centre                   residential       610 ft        596 ft       58       2003

20. One Museum Park West                residential       595 ft        ... ..       54       2008

21. The Clare at Watertower             residential       589 ft        ... ..       50       2008

22. Citadel Center                      office            580 ft        ... ..       39       2003

23. The Fordham                         residential       574 ft        568 ft       52       2003

24. 1 South Dearborn                    office            571 ft        ... ..       40       2005

25. Park Millennium                     residential       544 ft        ... ..       57       2002

26. Streeter Place                      residential       544 ft        ... ..       53       2009

27. The Pinnacle                        residential       535 ft        ... ..       48       2004

28. The Columbian                       residential       517 ft        ... ..       47       2008

29. 191 North Wacker Drive              office            516 ft        ... ..       37       2002

30. The Streeter                        residential       514 ft        ... ..       50       2007

31. 600 North LSD, South Tower          residential       513 ft        ... ..       46       2009

32. 215 West Washington                 residential       509 ft        460 ft       44       2010

33. One Superior Place                  residential       502 ft        ... ..       52       1999

34. The Tides                           residential       500 ft        483 ft       51       2008

35. Parkview West                       residential       498 ft        488 ft       49       2008

36. 50 East Chestnut                    residential       495 ft        ... ..       40       2008

37. 235 West Van Buren                  residential       490 ft        ... ..       46       2008

38. The Bristol                         residential       488 ft        465 ft       42       2000

39. Roosevelt Univ. Wabash Tower        residential       469 ft        ... ..       32       2012

40. The Sterling                        residential       466 ft        ... ..       50       2001

41. The Regatta                         residential       466 ft        457 ft       45       2007

42. 600 North Fairbanks                 residential       458 ft        ... ..       41       2008

43. Kingsbury Plaza                     residential       456 ft        ... ..       47       2007

44. 400 North Lasalle                   residential       454 ft        ... ..       45       2003

45. 600 North LSD, North Tower          residential       453 ft        ... ..       40       2008

46. ABN AMRO Plaza I                    office            453 ft        ... ..       29       2003

47. Riverbend                           residential       451 ft        ... ..       38       2002

48. The Shoreham                        residential       450 ft        ... ..       47       2005

49. 200 Squared                         residential       449 ft        ... ..       44       2011    website

50. Lurie Children’s Hospital           hospital          442 ft        ... ..       24       2012     

51. Silver Tower                        residential       433 ft        ... ..       35       2009

52. Sky55                               residential       425 ft        423 ft       40       2006

53. Skybridge                           residential       421 ft        ... ..       39       2003

54. Alta at K Station                   residential       417 ft        412 ft       41       2010

55. 2 East Erie                         residential       415 ft        ... ..       39       2002

56. Ten East Delaware                   residential       415 ft        410 ft       35       2009    website

57. MoMo                                residential       409 ft        ... ..       31       2008    website

58. Museum Tower                        residential       409 ft        401 ft       38       2006

59. River View II                       residential       399 ft        ... ..       32       2004

60. The Pearson                         residential       395 ft        ... ..       35       2003

61. The Chandler                        residential       389 ft        ... ..       36       2008    website

62. Lexington Park                      residential       388 ft        ... ..       35       2010    website

63. Wells Street Tower                  residential       388 ft        ... ..       34       2002

64. 41 East Eighth                      residential       387 ft        ... ..       33       2003

65. The Fairbanks @ Cityfront Pl.       residential       387 ft        ... ..       32       2008

66. Hotel Palomar                       res./hotel        380 ft        ... ..       36       2009    website

67. The Residences at Grand Plaza       residential       ___ ft        378 ft       39       2003

68. Cirrus at K Station                 residential       378 ft        374 ft       37       2009

69. 1400 Museum Park                    residential       375 ft        374 ft       32       2008    website

70. Astoria Tower                       residential       374 ft        329 ft       32       2009    website

71. 1720 South Michigan                 residential       368 ft        346 ft       32       2008

72. 1111 South Wabash                   residential       367 ft        365 ft       34       2004

73. Left Bank at K Station              residential       366 ft        ... ..       36       2006

74. Kinzie Park Tower                   residential       365 ft        ... ..       34       2001

75. Echelon at K Station                residential       363 ft        ... ..       36       2008

76. Walton on the Park, South Tower     residential       360 ft        ... ..       39       2010

77. Chestnut Tower                      residential       360 ft        ... ..       36       2000

78. 1600 Museum Park                    residential       357 ft        355 ft       30       2009    website

79. Park Alexandria                     residential       347 ft        ... ..       32       2003

80. Sofitel Chicago                     hotel             347 ft        ... ..       33       2002

81. EnV                                 residential       335 ft        ... ..       29       2010    website

82. Museum Park Place 2                 residential       329 ft        ... ..       31       2009

83. 840 North LSD                       residential       329 ft        326 ft       27       2004

84. 530 North LSD                       residential       328 ft        ... ..       29       2003

85. Vetro                               residential       324 ft        317 ft       31       2008

86. The Lancaster                       residential       324 ft        ... ..       30       2005

87. River View I                        residential       321 ft        ... ..       27       2000

88. Courtyard by Marriott               hotel             317 ft        278 ft       23       2003

89. Prentice Women’s Hospital           hospital          316 ft        307 ft       18       2007

90. Burnham Pointe                      residential       314 ft        ... ..       30       2008    website

91. Michigan Ave. Tower                 residential       314 ft        312 ft       29       2005

92. Michigan Ave. Tower II              residential       314 ft        310 ft       28       2008    website

93. theWit Hotel                        hotel             311 ft        ... ..       26       2009

94. 550 St. Clair                       residential       310 ft        ... ..       26       2008    website

95. The Caravel                         residential       309 ft        303 ft       29       2003

96. Superior 110                        residential       308 ft        304 ft       26       2008    website

97. SoNo West                           residential       306 ft        ... ..       27       2009    website

98. Kingsbury on the Park               residential       301 ft        293 ft       25       2004

99. River North Marriott Suites         hotel             298 ft        ... ..       27       2008

100. 1122 North Dearborn                 residential       295 ft        ... ..       27       1999

101. Marquee Michigan Avenue             residential       292 ft        ... ..       26       2008    website

102. Erie on the Park                    residential       292 ft        ... ..       24       2002

103. Avenue East                         residential       291 ft        ... ..       26       2007

104. 30 West Oak                         residential       290 ft        289 ft       22       2007

105. Museum Pointe                       residential       289 ft        ... ..       26       2005

106. Flair Tower                         residential       252 ft        ... ..       24       2010    website

107. The Grand on Grand                  residential       286 ft        ... ..       28       2004

108. Dearborn Tower                      residential       286 ft        ... ..       17       2001

109. Embassy Suites Lakefront            hotel             284 ft        ... ..       19       2001

110. Baumhart Hall                       residential       282 ft        ... ..       26       2006

111. Jefferson Place                     residential       280 ft        ... ..       28       2004

112. Museum Park Tower 1                 residential       280 ft        262 ft       20       2002

113. CBS 2 Broadcast Center              office            276 ft        ... ..       17       2008     

114. 550 West Jackson                    office            276 ft        ... ..       18       2000

115. River Place on the Park             residential       276 ft        261 ft       22       2006

116. Dana Hotel                          hotel             273 ft        266 ft       26       2008     

117. State Place                         residential       273 ft        ... ..       24       2005

118. The Bernardin                       residential       272 ft        ... ..       27       2005

119. 630 North State Parkway             residential       272 ft        ... ..       27       2001

120. Prairie Pointe                      residential       271 ft        ... ..       24       2006

121. 757 North Orleans                   residential       271 ft        ... ..       22       2008    website

122. Admiral’s Pointe                    residential       271 ft        ... ..       27       2002

123. Jefferson Tower                     residential       266 ft        ... ..       24       2006

124. Kinzie Station Tower                residential       265 ft        ... ..       25       2000

125. 1401 South State                    residential       264 ft        257 ft       22       2008

126. Erie Centre                         residential       264 ft        ... ..       23       1999

127. 550 West Adams                      office            262 ft        ... ..       19       2006

128. The Lofts at Museum Park II         residential       261 ft        ... ..       21       2006

129. Prairie District Tower              residential       261 ft        ... ..       23       2003

130. Dearborn Plaza                      office/hotel      261 ft        ... ..       17       2000

131. Quaker Plaza                        office            260 ft        ... ..       17       2002

132. Museum Park Place                   residential       259 ft        ... ..       23       2007

133. Congress Center                     office            258 ft        ... ..       17       2001

134. AMLI 900                            residential       256 ft        ... ..       24       2008    website

135. The Grand Orleans                   residential       254 ft        ... ..       21       2005

136. Peninsula Hotel                     hotel             254 ft        ... ..       17       2001

137. Rush Hospital                       hospital          252 ft        ... ..       14       2012

138. Union Tower                         office            252 ft        ... ..       18       1999

139. The Edge Lofts                      residential       249 ft        ... ..       21       2004

140. Lurie Medical Building              laboratory        248 ft        ... ..       13       2005

141. One East 15th Place                 residential       246 ft        ... ..       23       2001

142. 550 West Washington                 office            244 ft        ... ..       17       2000

143. Sixty West Erie                     residential       242 ft        ... ..       22       2003

144. Lakeside Tower                      residential       239 ft        ... ..       19       2006

145. Museum Park Tower 2                 residential       236 ft        ... ..       21       2003

146. Trio                                residential       235 ft        ... ..       22       2008    website

147. Maple Tower                         residential       234 ft        ... ..       20       2006

148. Art Institute Dormitory             residential       231 ft        ... ..       17       2000

149. 565 Quincy                          residential       224 ft        ... ..       18       2009

150. Elm Tower                           residential       224 ft        ... ..       16       2002

151. The Farallon                        residential       221 ft        ... ..       22       2001

152. Dwight Building                     residential       219 ft        ... ..       16       2008    

153. Two River Place                     residential       218 ft        ... ..       17       2004

154. University Center of Chicago        residential       215 ft        ... ..       19       2004

155. Gallery 400                         residential       212 ft        ... ..       18       2000

156. Vision on State                     residential       210 ft        ... ..       19       2007

157. Park Place                          residential       207 ft        ... ..       18       2002

158. Library Tower                       residential       207 ft        ... ..       16       2008     

159. 340 West Superior                   residential       205 ft        ... ..       17       2002

160. Printers Corner                     residential       204 ft        ... ..       18       2007

161. Vue20 Condominiums                  residential       200 ft        ... ..       19       2003

162. The Belvedere                       residential       199 ft        ... ..       16       2004

163. 2120 North Lincoln Park West        residential       199 ft        ... ..       23       2001

164. The Neapolitan                      residential       198 ft        ... ..       18       2001

165. Ronald McDonald House               hotel             198 ft        ... ..       15       2012     

166. Parc Chestnut                       residential       196 ft        ... ..       15       2006

167. R+D659                              residential       191 ft        190 ft       17       2009    website

168. CTA Center                          office            191 ft        ... ..       12       2004

169. One East 14th Place                 residential       188 ft        ... ..       17       2000

170. The Lofts at Museum Park 1          residential       188 ft        ... ..       15       2004

171. The Venetian                        residential       186 ft        ... ..       15       2004

172. The Superior at Lasalle             residential       186 ft        185 ft       14       2006

173. Park View East                      residential       183 ft        ... ..       18       2007

174. Huron Pointe                        residential       183 ft        ... ..       15       2001

175. The Mondial                         residential       183 ft        ... ..       14       2009    website

176. 30 West Erie                        residential       182 ft        ... ..       14       2007

177. 740 Fulton                          residential       180 ft        ... ..       14       2007

178. 451 Huron                           residential       179 ft        177 ft       16       2007

179. 1555 South Wabash                   residential       178 ft        176 ft       14       2009     

180. Lakeside on the Park                residential       172 ft        ... ..       14       2005

181. Prairie House                       residential       171 ft        ... ..       14       2003

182. Renaissance Chicago O'Hare          hotel             171 ft        ... ..       15       2003

183. Platinum Tower                      residential       167 ft        ... ..       15       2002

184. Fairfield Inn & Suites              hotel             166 ft        ... ..       15       2001

185. The Contemporaine                   residential       164 ft        ... ..       15       2004

186. 1819 South Michigan                 residential       156 ft        ... ..       12       2005

187. Superior West                       residential       152 ft        ... ..       12       2004

188. 1620 South Michigan                 residential       151 ft        ... ..       12       2006

189. 212 East                            residential       150 ft        ... ..       13       2003

190. 630 North Franklin                  residential       148 ft        ... ..       12       2005

191. Stukel Towers C                     educational       145 ft        ... ..       12       2007

192. Emerald, North Tower                residential       142 ft        ... ..       12       2008    website

193. Emerald, South Tower                residential       142 ft        ... ..       12       2008    website

194. Parvenu                             residential       142 ft        ... ..       12       2004

195. City View Tower                     residential       138 ft        ... ..       13       2003

196. Pure                                residential       138 ft        ... ..       12       2008     

197. SoNo East                           residential       ___ ft        ... ..       27       2012     

198. Parc Huron                          residential       ___ ft        ... ..       21       2011    website

199. Hilton Garden Inn                   hotel             ___ ft        ... ..       24       1999

200. Homewood Suites Hotel               hotel             ___ ft        ... ..       20       1999

201. Conrad Chicago Hotel                residential       ___ ft        ... ..       17       2000

202. 21 West Chestnut                    residential       ___ ft        ... ..       17       1999

203. Buena Pointe                        residential       ___ ft        ... ..       12       2004

204. University Station                  residential       ___ ft        ... ..       12       2006

under construction:

1. AMLI River North                    residential       543 ft        529 ft       49       2013     

2. 500 North Lake Shore Drive - TO     residential       497 ft        496 ft       47       2013     

3. The Ritz-Carlton Residences - TO    residential       495 ft        476 ft       40       2012    website

4. Summit on Lake                      residential       477 ft        476 ft       42       2014    

5. Lincoln Park 2550 - TO              residential       477 ft        464 ft       39       2012     website

6. Coast at Lake Shore East - TO       residential       464 ft        463 ft       46       2013     

7. 360 West Hubbard                    residential       449 ft        447 ft       46       2013     

8. Optima Center Chicago               residential       442 ft        ... ..       42       2014     

9. Northwestern Outpatient Center      hospital          390 ft        ... ..       26       2014     

10. Admiral at the Lake - TO            residential       368 ft        340 ft       31       2012     

11. K2                                  residential       366 ft        365 ft       15       2013     

12. Aloft/Fairfield/Hyatt Place - TO    hotel             197 ft        195 ft       18       2013     

13. Harper Court Office Tower - TO      office            172 ft        170 ft       12       2013     

14. 1225 Old Town - TO                  residential       ___ ft        ... ..       18       2012     

15. East West Student Life Center       residential       ___ ft        ... ..       17       2014     

16. 3750 North Halsted                  residential       ___ ft        ... ..       15       ____     

17. Hyatt McCormick Place North         hotel             ___ ft        ... ..       14       2013     

18. 1611 West Division Street           residential       146 ft        ... ..       11       ____     

    
    

• “TO” indicates that the building has been topped out

construction interrupted:

1. Glashaus                            residential       280 ft        ... ..       25       ____     website

2. Staybridge Suites                   hotel             183 ft        180 ft       16       ____     

3. 1349 South Wabash                   residential       ___ ft        ... ..       14       ____     website

site prep/demo:



proposed:*

1. Post Office Redevelopment           res./hotel/off.  ~2000 ft       ... ..       120      ____     

2. Wolf Point Development, South Tower office           ~950 ft        ... ..       53       2018     

3. Wolf Point Development, East Tower  office           ~700 ft        ... ..       44       2020     

4. 400 West Randolph                   office            700 ft        ... ..       50       ____     

5. 435 North Park Drive                residential       635 ft        ... ..       54       ____     

6. Wolf Point Development, West Tower  residential      ~525 ft        ... ..       47       2014     

7. Golub Building (410 East Grand)     residential       486 ft        ... ..       45       ____     

8. 625 West Monroe                     office            482 ft        ... ..       30       ____     

9. Millennium Park Plaza               residential       470 ft        ... ..       41       ____     

10. Atrium Village Phase 4              residential       420 ft        ... ..       44       ____     

11. Atrium Village Phase 3              residential       410 ft        ... ..       41       ____     

12. Golub South Loop Apts               residential       392 ft        ... ..       __       ____     

13. Atrium Village Phase 2              residential       380 ft        ... ..       36       ____     

14. Atrium Village Phase 1              residential       310 ft        ... ..       28       ____     

15. 1136-1140 South Wabash              residential       287 ft        ... ..       21       ____     

16. Solstice on the Park                residential       268 ft        ... ..       25       ____     website

17. 2950 North Sheridan                 residential       213 ft        ... ..       18       ____     

18. One South Halsted                   residential       ___ ft        ... ..       59       ____     

19. River Point                         office            ___ ft        ... ..       52       ____     

20. 130 North Franklin                  office            ___ ft        ... ..       52       ____     

21. 222 West Randolph                   office            ___ ft        ... ..       50       ____     

22. 301 South Wacker Drive              office            ___ ft        ... ..       46       ____     

23. Madison West 645 Tower I            office            ___ ft        ... ..       32       ____     

24. Wacker Plaza                        office            ___ ft        ... ..       31       ____     

25. 212-232 West Illinois               residential       ___ ft        ... ..       26       ____     

26. 601 West Monroe                     office            ___ ft        ... ..       26       ____     

27. New City Building A                 residential       ___ ft        ... ..       25       ____     

28. Catalyst                            residential       ___ ft        ... ..       24       ____     website

29. City Hyde Park                      residential       ___ ft        ... ..       23       ____     

30. Madison West 645 Tower II           office            ___ ft        ... ..       22       ____     

31. 108 North Jefferson                 office            ___ ft        ... ..       21       ____     

32. 625 West Adams Street               office            ___ ft        ... ..       20       ____     

33. 831 South Wabash                    residential       ___ ft        ... ..       20       ____     

34. Element Hotel                       hotel             ___ ft        ... ..       17       ____     

35. Imperial Plaza Hotel                hotel             ___ ft        ... ..       15       ____     

36. 15th and Blue Island Apartments     residential       ___ ft        ... ..       12       ____     

37. 630 West Washington                 residential       ___ ft        ... ..       __       ____     

38. Harper Court Residential Tower      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:

STR’s wicked-cool 3-D Chicago thread

CHICAGO: Post Office Redevelopment

CHICAGO: Trump Tower

CHICAGO: 375 East Wacker

CHICAGO: Intercontinental North Tower

CHICAGO: Aqua

CHICAGO: Legacy at Millennium Park

CHICAGO: 300 N. Lasalle

CHICAGO: BCBS vertical expansion

CHICAGO: One Museum Park

CHICAGO: Conservatory Tower

CHICAGO: Willis Tower Hotel Project

CHICAGO: The Elysian

CHICAGO: Ritz-Carlton Residences

CHICAGO: River Point (444 West Lake)

CHICAGO: Roosevelt University Dorm

CHICAGO: Lincoln Park 2550

CHICAGO: Clark & Wacker (former Waterview site)

CHICAGO: Block 37

CHICAGO: Coast at Lakeshore East (345 West Wacker)

CHICAGO: 500 North Lake Shore Drive

CHICAGO: Optima Center Chicago


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



Under Construction


AMLI River North







500 North Lake Shore Drive







The Ritz-Carlton Residences







Summit on Lake







Lincoln Park 2550







Coast at Lakeshore East







360 West Hubbard







Northwestern Outpatient Center







Admiral at the Lake







K2







Aloft / Fairfield / Hyatt Place







Optima Center Chicago







1225 Old Town







Construction Interrupted


Glashaus






Staybridge Suites







1349 South Wabash







Site Prep/demo





East West Student Life Center







Proposed



Post Office Redevelopment






400 West Randolph







435 North Park Drive







One South Halsted







Golub Building (410 East Grand)







Millennium Park Plaza







Atrium Village Phase 4 (right)







Atrium Village Phase 3 (second from right)







Golub South Loop Apts







Atrium Village Phase 2 (second from left)







Atrium Village Phase 1 (left)







Solstice on the Park







2950 North Sheridan







River Point







130 North Franklin







174 West Randolph







191 West Monroe







212-232 West Illinois







New City Building A







Catalyst







City Hyde Park







Aloft Millennium Park







3750 North Halsted







Imperial Plaza Hotel







Harper Court, Residential Tower







15th and Blue Island Apartments






Evanston mini-boom:

     name                                    use         struct. ht.     roof ht.    floors     year

recently completed:

1. Sherman Plaza                        residential       276 ft        ... ..       25       2007

2. Optima Views                         residential       265 ft        ... ..       28       2003

3. 415 Premier Apartments               residential       181 ft        178 ft       17       2007

4. Church Street Station                residential       179 ft        ... ..       17       2002

5. Winthrop Club                        residential       167 ft        166 ft       15       2008     website

6. Optima Horizons                      residential       162 ft        ... ..       16       2005

7. Optima Towers                        residential       136 ft        ... ..       13       2002

Suburban mini-boom:

     name                            location       use         struct. ht.     roof ht.    floors     year

recently completed:

1. Blue Chip Casino                   MC       hotel             280 ft        ... ..       23       2008

2. Westin Lombard Hotel               LB       hotel             223 ft        ... ..       19       2007

3. Optima Old Orchard Woods           SK       residential       196 ft        ... ..       20       2007

4. Renaissance Hotel                  SC       hotel             187 ft        ... ..       17       2006

5. Schaumburg Corp. Center III        SC       office            184 ft        ... ..       14       2002

6. Westin North Shore                 WH       hotel             181 ft        ... ..       17       2006

7. Ameristar East Chicago Hotel       EC       hotel             179 ft        ... ..       15       2001

8. Oak Park Place                     OP       residential       ___ ft        ... ..       14       ____

9. Intercontinental O'Hare            RO       hotel             147 ft        ... ..       12       2008

10. Condos at 7 Bridges                WR       residential       140 ft        ... ..       12       2006

11. Arlington Town Square              AH       residential       138 ft        ... ..       13       2000

12. Hotel Arista                       NV       hotel             ___ ft        ... ..       13        ____

under construction:

• “TO” indicates that the building has been topped out

proposed:

1. Lake/Forest Development             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:


Under Construction





Proposed


Lake/Forest Development





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]

Originally Posted by i_am_hydrogen

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.

[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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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


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...


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]

Originally Posted by erbsenzaehler

...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






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

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by erbsenzaehler

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




October 16, 2008



^ good transparency