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Originally Posted by the urban politician
I don’t understand why they don’t do some super-luxury condos at the very top of this thing.
I mean, with the lowest floor being 800 ft, and if you do full floor units, you could probably charge at least $3-4 million a pop. Probably more, especially given the sheer volume of ultra-luxury sales we’ve seen of late.
The Dow is on fire, this tower will have some of the best possible views—EVER in the city. I mean, being at the confluence is nothing short of epic.
We’re number 7 on the planet for number of ultra-wealthy, so don’t be going all Crawford on me and telling me the money’s not there in the Chicagoland market. And don’t forget about all those rich and bored Wisconsinites, Michiganders, and yes, even coastal and international people who want a pied a terre.
Hines is leaving money on the table not building up to 950’. I could sell condos here in my sleep
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Presumably adding in a second, non-office use complicates the design quite a bit (residential entrance, separate elevators, amenities, parking) in what's already a slender floorplate. That said, yeah from a top floor penthouse the whole city would feel like your personal kingdom. Maybe that's enough $$$ to make the mixed use pencil out.
Failing that, let's hope for some kind of public or semi-public event space on the upper floors, not just some corner offices and conference rooms.