CHICAGO | St. Regis Chicago (Vista) | 1,191 FT | 101 FLOORS

[phanta721]

Long time lurker, first time poster. My desk moved to the east side of Aon so I thought I would put my window to good use.

[Skyguy_7]

^Nice angle. Welcome!

[excel]

Thanks for sharing man! Looking forward to updates from your new view.

[SolarWind]

September 20, 2017

[kolchak]

Wow! Thank you for posting SolarWind. This is like watching Aqua get built. Those gradually shifting floorplates look like an optical illusion at this stage in the construction.

[donnie]

Anybody know if the two cores will also have frustum angles all the way to the top or is it just at the bottom that it's being used!

Vista is going to be special...

[rlw777]

How long before we see some cladding going up on this beast?

[harryc]

Sept 11





Sept 23

[donnie]

Anyone know if there's a thread for One Grant Park? Thanks in advance


Vista is going to be special

[aaron38]

You need to bookmark this:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/tags.php?tag=chicago

[scalziand]

Originally Posted by SolarWind

Nice how you can see the contrast between the higher strength concrete for the columns and the concrete for the floor plates.

[ithakas]

Curious About the Massive Vista Tower? We Look Into Its Finances

Magellan reports that 38 percent of the residential units are under contract, as of August. It also says that around one-third of the buyers are foreign and 10 are Chinese

http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Ma...7/Vista-Tower/

[The North One]

Weren't about 30% of the units sold in the spire? This is giving me flashbacks.

[Domer2019]

Originally Posted by The North One

Weren't about 30% of the units sold in the spire? This is giving me flashbacks.

Most development projects have "about 30%" of units sold at some point in time, in the continuous path from 0% to ~100%, just saying.

[The North One]

Originally Posted by Domer2019

Most development projects have "about 30%" of units sold at some point in time, in the continuous path from 0% to ~100%, just saying.

Really? The more you know.

[LouisVanDerWright]

Yeah the Spire was actually 40% I believe right before the bottom dropped out. It also wasn't moving up on 20 floors out of the ground.

[The North One]

Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

Yeah the Spire was actually 40% I believe right before the bottom dropped out. It also wasn't moving up on 20 floors out of the ground.

I know, I wasn't trying to imply anything. It just made me think of those times.

[10023]

It's the Teng tower on Wacker that is the precedent for this, not the Spire.

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by 10023

It's the Teng tower on Wacker that is the precedent for this, not the Spire.

True, except that the Teng tower didn't have a construction loan, had far less experienced developers, and was undone by a HUGE global recession.

I think that Vista Tower is fine, but if for some unlikely reason its lender fails/defaults, I'm pretty sure it will be a matter of just securing new financing. I highly doubt we will see another global financial meltdown ala 2008

[kolchak]

Didn't this tower already secure a construction loan to the tune of several hundred million?