And so it begins again. This list was originally created by Steely Dan. A tremendous amount of credit is owed to him for years of steadfast updates. I will merely attempt to update his already well-designed list. Here’s a link to the last page of 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 Emporis 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 Emporis. Where no roof height is listed, it is either unknown or the structural height and the roof height are one and the same.
Park Tower res./hotel 844 ft 824 ft 67 2000
300 North LaSalle office 785 ft ... .. 60 2009 website
111 South Wacker Drive office 681 ft ... .. 51 2005
Hyatt Center office 679 ft 678 ft 48 2005
340 on the Park residential 672 ft 659 ft 64 2007
UBS Tower office 651 ft ... .. 50 2001
55 East Erie residential 647 ft 645 ft 56 2004
River East Center I residential 644 ft ... .. 58 2001
Grand Plaza Tower I residential 641 ft 561 ft 57 2003
The Heritage residential 631 ft ... .. 57 2005
Millennium Centre residential 610 ft 596 ft 58 2003
The Clare at Watertower residential 589 ft ... .. 50 2008 website
Citadel Center office 580 ft ... .. 39 2003
The Fordham residential 574 ft 568 ft 52 2003
1 South Dearborn office 571 ft ... .. 40 2005
Park Millennium residential 544 ft ... .. 57 2002
Streeter Place residential 544 ft ... .. 53 2009
The Pinnacle residential 535 ft ... .. 48 2004
The Columbian residential 517 ft ... .. 47 2008
191 North Wacker Drive office 516 ft ... .. 37 2002
The Streeter residential 514 ft ... .. 50 2007
600 North LSD South Tower residential 513 ft ... .. 46 2009 website
One Superior Place residential 502 ft ... .. 52 1999
The Tides residential 500 ft 483 ft 51 2008
Parkview West residential 498 ft 488 ft 49 2008
50 East Chestnut residential 495 ft ... .. 40 2008
The Bristol residential 488 ft 465 ft 42 2000
The Regatta residential 466 ft 457 ft 45 2007
The Sterling residential 466 ft ... .. 50 2001
600 North Fairbanks residential 458 ft ... .. 41 2008
Kingsbury Plaza residential 456 ft ... .. 47 2007
400 North Lasalle residential 454 ft ... .. 45 2003
600 North LSD North Tower residential 453 ft ... .. 40 2008 website
ABN AMRO Plaza I office 453 ft ... .. 29 2003
Riverbend residential 451 ft ... .. 38 2002
The Shoreham residential 450 ft ... .. 47 2005
Sky55 residential 425 ft 423 ft 40 2006
Skybridge residential 421 ft ... .. 39 2003
2 East Erie residential 415 ft ... .. 39 2002
MoMo residential 409 ft ... .. 31 2008 website
Museum Tower residential 409 ft 401 ft 38 2006
River View II residential 399 ft ... .. 32 2004
The Pearson residential 395 ft ... .. 35 2003
The Chandler residential 389 ft ... .. 36 2008 website
Wells Street Tower residential 388 ft ... .. 34 2002
Forty-One East Eighth residential 387 ft ... .. 33 2003
The Fairbanks @ Cityfront Pl. residential 387 ft ... .. 32 2008 website
Grand Plaza II residential ___ ft 378 ft 39 2003
1400 Museum Park residential 375 ft 374 ft 32 2008 website
1720 South Michigan residential 368 ft 346 ft 32 2008
1111 South Wabash residential 367 ft 365 ft 34 2004
Left Bank at K Station residential 366 ft ... .. 36 2006
Kinzie Park Tower residential 365 ft ... .. 34 2001
Echelon at K Station residential 363 ft ... .. 36 2008
Chestnut Tower residential 360 ft ... .. 36 2000
1600 Museum Park residential 357 ft 355 ft 30 2008 website
Park Alexandria residential 347 ft ... .. 32 2003
Sofitel Chicago hotel 347 ft ... .. 33 2002
840 North LSD residential 329 ft 326 ft 27 2004
530 North LSD residential 328 ft ... .. 29 2003
Vetro residential 324 ft 317 ft 31 2008
The Lancaster residential 324 ft ... .. 30 2005
River View I residential 321 ft ... .. 27 2000
Courtyard by Marriott hotel 317 ft 278 ft 23 2003
Prentice Women’s Hospital hospital 316 ft 307 ft 18 2007
Burnham Pointe residential 314 ft ... .. 30 2008 website
Michigan Ave. Tower residential 314 ft 312 ft 29 2005
Michigan Avenue Tower II residential 314 ft 310 ft 28 2008 website
theWit Hotel hotel 311 ft ... .. 26 2009
550 St. Clair residential 310 ft ... .. 26 2008 website
The Caravel residential 309 ft 303 ft 29 2003
Superior 110 residential 308 ft 304 ft 26 2008 website
SoNo West residential 306 ft ... .. 27 2009 website
Kingsbury on the Park residential 301 ft 293 ft 25 2004
River North Marriott Suites hotel 298 ft ... .. 27 2008
1122 North Dearborn residential 295 ft ... .. 27 1999
Marquee Michigan Avenue residential 292 ft ... .. 26 2008 website
Erie on the Park residential 292 ft ... .. 24 2002
Avenue East residential 291 ft ... .. 26 2007
30 West Oak residential 290 ft 289 ft 22 2007
Museum Pointe residential 289 ft ... .. 26 2005
The Grand on Grand residential 286 ft ... .. 28 2004
Dearborn Tower residential 286 ft ... .. 17 2001
Embassy Suites Lakefront hotel 284 ft ... .. 19 2001
Water Tower Residence Hall residential 282 ft ... .. 26 2006
Jefferson Place residential 280 ft ... .. 28 2004
Museum Park Tower 1 residential 280 ft 262 ft 20 2002
CBS 2 Broadcast Center office 276 ft ... .. 17 2008
550 West Jackson office 276 ft ... .. 18 2000
River Place on the Park residential 276 ft 261 ft 22 2006
Dana Hotel hotel 273 ft 266 ft 26 2008
State Place residential 273 ft ... .. 24 2005
The Bernardin residential 272 ft ... .. 27 2005
630 North State Parkway residential 272 ft ... .. 27 2001
Prairie Pointe residential 271 ft ... .. 24 2006
757 Orleans residential 271 ft ... .. 22 2008 website
Admiral’s Pointe residential 271 ft ... .. 27 2002
Jefferson Tower residential 266 ft ... .. 24 2006
Kinzie Station Tower residential 265 ft ... .. 25 2000
1401 South State residential 264 ft 257 ft 22 2008
Erie Centre residential 264 ft ... .. 23 1999
550 west Adams office 262 ft ... .. 19 2006
The Lofts at Museum Park II residential 261 ft ... .. 21 2006
Prairie District Tower residential 261 ft ... .. 23 2003
Dearborn Plaza office/hotel 261 ft ... .. 17 2000
Quaker Plaza office 260 ft ... .. 17 2002
Museum Park Place residential 259 ft ... .. 23 2007
Congress Center office 258 ft ... .. 17 2001
AMLI 900 residential 256 ft ... .. 24 2008 website
The Grand Orleans residential 254 ft ... .. 21 2005
Peninsula Hotel hotel 254 ft ... .. 17 2001
Union Tower office 252 ft ... .. 18 1999
The Edge Lofts residential 249 ft ... .. 21 2004
Lurie Medical Building laboratory 248 ft ... .. 13 2005
One East 15th Place residential 246 ft ... .. 23 2001
550 West Washington office 244 ft ... .. 17 2000
Sixty West Erie residential 242 ft ... .. 22 2003
Lakeside Tower residential 239 ft ... .. 19 2006
Museum Park Tower 2 residential 236 ft ... .. 21 2003
Maple Tower residential 234 ft ... .. 20 2006
Art Institute Dormitory residential 231 ft ... .. 17 2000
565 Quincy residential 224 ft ... .. 18 2009
Elm Tower residential 224 ft ... .. 16 2002
The Farallon residential 221 ft ... .. 22 2001
Dwight Building residential 219 ft ... .. 16 2008
Two River Place residential 218 ft ... .. 17 2004
University Center of Chicago residential 215 ft ... .. 19 2004
Gallery 400 residential 212 ft ... .. 18 2000
Vision on State residential 210 ft ... .. 19 2007
Park Place residential 207 ft ... .. 18 2002
Library Tower residential 207 ft ... .. 16 2008
340 West Superior residential 205 ft ... .. 17 2002
Printers Corner residential 204 ft ... .. 18 2007
Vue20 Condominiums residential 200 ft ... .. 19 2003
The Belvedere residential 199 ft ... .. 16 2004
2120 North Lincoln Park West residential 199 ft ... .. 23 2001
The Neapolitan residential 198 ft ... .. 18 2001
Parc Chestnut residential 196 ft ... .. 15 2006
R+D659 residential 191 ft 190 ft 17 2009 website
CTA Center office 191 ft ... .. 12 2004
The Lofts at Museum Park 1 residential 188 ft ... .. 15 2004
One East 14th Place residential 188 ft ... .. 17 2000
The Superior at Lasalle residential 186 ft 185 ft 14 2006
The Venetian residential 186 ft ... .. 15 2004
Park View East residential 183 ft ... .. 18 2007
Huron Pointe residential 183 ft ... .. 15 2001
The Mondial residential 183 ft ... .. 14 2009 website
30 West Erie residential 182 ft ... .. 14 2007
740 Fulton residential 180 ft ... .. 14 2007
451 Huron residential 179 ft 177 ft 16 2007
Lakeside on the Park residential 172 ft ... .. 14 2005
Prairie House residential 171 ft ... .. 14 2003
Renaissance Chicago Ohare hotel 171 ft ... .. 15 2003
Platinum Tower residential 167 ft ... .. 15 2002
Fairfield Inn & Suites hotel 166 ft ... .. 15 2001
The Contemporaine residential 164 ft ... .. 15 2004
1819 South Michigan residential 156 ft ... .. 12 2005
Superior West residential 152 ft ... .. 12 2004
1620 South Michigan residential 151 ft ... .. 12 2006
212 East residential 150 ft ... .. 13 2003
630 North Franklin residential 148 ft ... .. 12 2005
Stukel Towers C educational 145 ft ... .. 12 2007
Emerald, South Tower residential 142 ft ... .. 12 2008 website
Emerald, North Tower residential 142 ft ... .. 12 2008 website
Parvenu residential 142 ft ... .. 12 2004
City View Tower residential 138 ft ... .. 13 2003
Pure residential 138 ft ... .. 12 2008
Hilton Garden Inn hotel ___ ft ... .. 24 1999
Homewood Suites Hotel hotel ___ ft ... .. 20 1999
520 North Michigan residential ___ ft ... .. 17 2000
21 West Chestnut residential ___ ft ... .. 17 1999
Buena Pointe residential ___ ft ... .. 12 2004
University Station residential ___ ft ... .. 12 2006
Waldorf-Astoria res./hotel 1,265 ft 1,200 ft 107 ____
Grant Park Tower 4 residential ~900 ft ... .. 83 ____
Intercontinental North Tower res./hotel 850 ft ... .. 71 ____
Arquitectonica LSE residential 840 ft ... .. 76 ____
Grant Park Tower 3 residential ~790 ft ... .. 73 ____
Cityfront Plaza Tower III res./hotel 750 ft ... .. 65 ____
400 West Randolph commercial 700 ft ... .. 50 ____
444 West Lake office 700 ft ... .. 50 ____
630 North McClurg South Tower residential 695 ft ... .. 50 ____
601 West Monroe office 620 ft 594 ft 42 ____
29-39 South Lasalle office ~620 ft ... .. 51 ____
630 North McClurg North Tower residential 590 ft ... .. 50 ____
465 North Park Drive residential 576 ft ... .. 50 ____
533 North St. Clair hotel 576 ft ... .. 50 ____
River North Center Condos residential 498 ft ... .. 47 ____
535 North St. Clair residential 498 ft ... .. 37 ____ website
625 West Monroe office 482 ft ... .. 30 ____
Millennium Park Plaza residential 470 ft ... .. 41 ____
Buckingham Phase II residential 419 ft ... .. 37 ____
One East Superior residential 407 ft ... .. 35 ____
1035 West Van Buren residential 360 ft ... .. 29 ____
2100 residential 320 ft ... .. 27 ____ website
735 West Division residential 315 ft ... .. 27 2007
SoNo East residential 306 ft ... .. 27 ____ website
617-627 West Division residential 300 ft ... .. 25 ____
1136-40 South Wabash residential 287 ft ... .. 21 ____ [/color]
Solstice on the Park residential 268 ft ... .. 25 ____ website
Omni Hotel hotel 262 ft ... .. 19 ____
Azure Tower residential 232 ft ... .. 19 ____ website
2950 North Sheridan residential 213 ft ... .. 18 ____
Aloft Hotel hotel 187 ft ... .. 18 ____
Hyatt Place hotel 183 ft ... .. 18 ____
Fairfield Inn & Suites hotel 159 ft ... .. 16 ____
The Winchester residential 159 ft ... .. 12 ____
Lakeview Station II residential 154 ft ... .. 12 ____
Sheridan-Irving Park Condos residential 154 ft ... .. 12 ____
The Inn at Lincoln Park hotel 152 ft ... .. 14 ____
1233 North Wells residential 141 ft ... .. 14 ____
Conservatory Tower residential ___ ft ... .. 70 ____
222 West Randolph office ___ ft ... .. 50 ____
171 North Wabash residential ___ ft ... .. 49 ____
Avalon on S. Clark, North Tower residential ___ ft ... .. 46 ____
Avalon on S. Clark, South Tower residential ___ ft ... .. 46 ____
The Andrew residential ___ ft ... .. 45 ____
Walton on the Park North Tower residential ___ ft ... .. 39 ____
199 West Monroe office ___ ft ... .. 37 ____
108 North Jefferson Street residential ___ ft ... .. 36 ____
2020 South Prairie residential ___ ft ... .. 36 ____
Canal-Kinzie Condos residential ___ ft ... .. 35 ____
85 East Wacker Condos residential ___ ft ... .. 35 ____
6400 S. Stony Island residential ___ ft ... .. 34 ____
300 West Washington office ___ ft ... .. 33 ____
519 South Clinton residential ___ ft ... .. 33 ____
Madison West 645 Tower I office ___ ft ... .. 32 ____
Roosevelt University Dormitory residential ___ ft ... .. 32 ____
Admiral at the Lake residential ___ ft ... .. 31 ____
Wacker Plaza office ___ ft ... .. 31 ____
3660 North Lake Shore Drive residential ___ ft ... .. 29 ____ [/color]
Harrison-Wells Condos residential ___ ft ... .. 29 ____
Parkview East residential ___ ft ... .. 27 ____
212-232 West Illinois residential ___ ft ... .. 26 ____
Union Station*** mixed-use ___ ft ... .. 26 ____
Catalyst residential ___ ft ... .. 24 ____ website
Village Center, East Tower residential ___ ft ... .. 24 ____
Madison West 645 Tower II office ___ ft ... .. 22 ____
501 North Clark hotel ___ ft ... .. 21 ____
Theater District Lofts II residential ___ ft ... .. 20 ____ website
1546-1558 South State residential ___ ft ... .. 20 ____
1555-1559 South Clark residential ___ ft ... .. 20 ____
831 South Wabash residential ___ ft ... .. 20 ____
1111 North Halsted - N. Tower residential ___ ft ... .. 20 ____
1111 North Halsted - S. Tower residential ___ ft ... .. 20 ____
Aloft Millennium Park hotel ___ ft ... .. 19 ____
Leland Park residential ___ ft ... .. 19 ____
320 West Erie residential ___ ft ... .. 18 ____
Quadrangle Tower residential ___ ft ... .. 18 ____
Iliad residential ___ ft ... .. 17 ____
James Place residential ___ ft ... .. 17 ____
53rd & Cornell Tower residential ___ ft ... .. 17 ____
Element Hotel hotel ___ ft ... .. 17 ____
403 North Wabash residential ___ ft ... .. 17 ____
428 West St. James Place residential ___ ft ... .. 16 ____
Imperial Plaza Hotel hotel ___ ft ... .. 15 ____
Marriott Hotel hotel ___ ft ... .. 15 ____
Bluewater 5440 residential ___ ft ... .. 14 ____ website
9 West Erie residential ___ ft ... .. 14 ____
15th and Blue Island Apartments residential ___ ft ... .. 12 ____
150 North Jefferson residential ___ ft ... .. 12 ____
5026 North Sheridan residential ___ ft ... .. 12 ____
Grand Station residential ___ ft ... .. 12 ____
Eco18 residential ___ ft ... .. 12 ____
Om Center for the Sun residential ___ ft ... .. 12 ____
Parkway Point residential ___ ft ... .. __ ____
residential ___ ft ... .. __ ____
- 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.
- Blue Cross-Blue Shield is an existing office tower that currently stands 411 ft./32 floors tall. The tower was designed to accommodate a significant vertical addition. Current plans call for a 25 story addition which would take the tower to a total of 57 floors.
– Union Station is an early 20th century, 8 story train station. The structure was designed to accommodate a significant vertical addition. Current plans call for an 18 story addition which would take the building to a total of 26 floors.
- here are renderings for some of the under construction and proposed projects:
- here are renderings for some of the under construction and proposed projects:
All of the credit for this thread goes to the hard-working and extremely dedicated Chicago editors and photographers of Emporis. 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.