Lakeshore East is an enormous complex situated on what once was land used by the Illinois Central Railroad rail yards and was intended to be part of the Illinois Center.

Master plan by SOM:
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/9773/1769972xc.jpg

Maps showing Lakeshore East in relationship with its surroundings:
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7858/lseneigh7jh.jpg
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/695/le28nc.png

This complex is one of the largest in the US under construction right now.
Only 9.7 out of 14.5 million sq. ft will be utilized
5,000 residential units planned
6 acre park
14 residential towers
2 office towers
Future elementary school for residents (either in or around complex)
Market place as well as other convenience shopping

Tower Name/ Height/ Floors/ Completion Date
Aqua 250 m 82 2009
340 on the Park 205 m 64 2007
The Tides 152 m 51 2008
The Regatta 142 m 45 2007
The Shoreham 137 m 47 2005
The Chandler 118 m 36 2008
The Lancaster 99 m 30 2005
Coast at Lakeshore East 130 m 49 2013
375 East Wacker 281m 76
Lakeshore East Building 2-O 198 m 2008
Lakeshore East Building 2-A 168 m 2008
Lakeshore East Building 3-I 160 m 2010
Lakeshore East Building 1-K 128 m
Lakeshore East Building 3-J 104 m 2010
Lakeshore East Building 3-L 85 m 2010

Completed
Under Construction
Approved
Proposed

Completed:
Aqua
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2540/3704626584_fae8c17ae9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/b24chicago/3704626584/)
Aqua (http://www.flickr.com/photos/b24chicago/3704626584/) by b24chicago (http://www.flickr.com/people/b24chicago/), on Flickr

340 On The Park (from scb.com)
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/8901/40060472yu2.jpg

The Tides
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5010034922_2bd3b1aea4_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/compujeramey/5010034922/)
The Tides and The Shoreham (http://www.flickr.com/photos/compujeramey/5010034922/) by compujeramey (http://www.flickr.com/people/compujeramey/), on Flickr

The Regatta (from dplusp.com)
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/8733/untitled1ey9.jpg

The Shoreham
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/2594413925_95ea9d0d5a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zol87/2594413925/)
The Shoreham (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zol87/2594413925/) by Zol87 (http://www.flickr.com/people/zol87/), on Flickr

The Chandler (from dplusp.com)
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1200/untitled2fa8.jpg

The Lancaster
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3131/2595249524_efec6b571a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zol87/2595249524/)
The Lancaster (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zol87/2595249524/) by Zol87 (http://www.flickr.com/people/zol87/), on Flickr

Village Market
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u291/kdickert/VMCLSE2.jpg

ParkHomes (from Magellan Sells (http://magellansells.com/search-item.html?listid=289))
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2069/aptb7mqbuvc182nharbordr.jpg

Under Construction
Coast at Lakeshore East- site preparation
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8113/buildinga1.jpg


Approved

Proposed
Arquitectonica Proposal (375 East Wacker)
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5769/arquitectonicacolorno4.jpg

Ah Very Nice. Chicago imo is now quality more than numbers.

This used to be a driving range on that spot.

I am really excited about the seamless development extending from Printers Row and the Museum Campus on down to the Lakeshore East and continuing across the river into Streeterville. A somewhat dusty business area should really blossom with the new architecture and increasing population density.

Around July, I went to the North Side of Chicago using Lake Shore Drive. So many new buildings, mostly all from Lakeshore East, were being built and some were even builted.

Before July, the Last time I was on Lake Shore Drive was probably in Febuary or March, so many new buildings being built in like 3-4 months...

Lakeshore Drive should look very different in the coming years! :)

^Yes it will. Same with the River :)

340 OTP construction:
http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/4377/pc2800707td.jpg

wow :drool:

i've got a crush on this tower
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/5354/3477059tm.jpg

Pictures by DavidLDude:

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/3315/chicago92at.jpg
^^To the right of that blue building is where 340 OTP will rise.

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/4645/chicago795zx.jpg
Lakeshore East from far away (you can see the Shoreham)

340 On the Park

Northern facade
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/i_am_hydrogen/northernfacade.jpg

Base and lobby
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/i_am_hydrogen/baseof340.jpg

Wintergarden
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/i_am_hydrogen/340Wintergarden.jpg

Footprint
http://www.340ontheparkchicago.com/images/amenitieplan.jpg

WOW NOT BAD NICE PROJECTS

It looks like the Chandler will be starting construction shortly.

I really wondering what will The Lancaster II will looks like..

Yup, the Chandler is now officially underconstruction :cheers:

- edit

amazing
what an excellent project
great masterplan (what you expect from SOM) and brilliant architecture in a nice setting
:eek: :okay:

^ I second that. Just what Chicago needs and it fits in perfectly.

wow :drool:

i've got a crush on this tower
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/5354/3477059tm.jpg
Me too :drool:

Now that this thread has come back, here's some new info:

Shoreham II is now known as The Tides and is approved.

New photo of Regatta construction by Jaroslaw:
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9568/151005r45jt.jpg

I really wondering what will The Lancaster II will looks like..

I don't know anything about The Lancaster II. But I do know that the new building, which I think will be UC next year, is named as The Tides, a twin of ugly, generically-sterile Shoreham. :eek:

nice designs, huge project on prominent location!

Wow!!! Chicago is awesome. There are a lot of cool skyscrapers in this city.

yes

The Tides scan from a newspaper (thanks to Chi_Coruscant)

http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/6686/tides7dg.jpg

Everything seems perfect but design.

The design is not very bad actually, besides might be one of the best looking tower if it's being built anywhere outside Chicago, where thousands of similar looking tower crowding in the skyline.

He's known as Loewenberg for a reason :wink2:

Anyway, the 80 story Gang tower should be something spectacular and will offset some of these filler towers.

Here is a clearer image of the Tides, thanks to BVictor:

http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/9699/4115234be.jpg

similar to Cityplace in Toronto

Another good fit for Chi-town.

The Chandler is now U/C.

yes!

Me too :drool:

Me 3 :drool:

The Chandler is now U/C.

good news, I suppose.

Wow!!! I've never known that How beautiful Chicago it is!!

Wow!!! I've never known that How beautiful Chicago it is!!

Most people don't...

Great towers!

Since this seems to be everyone's favorite tower, here are some updates on 340OTP (from www.340owners.com, great resource):

http://www.340owners.com/photos/images_c/c227.jpg
http://www.340owners.com/photos/images_c/c230.jpg
http://www.340owners.com/photos/images_c/c229.jpg

As you can see, glass if being added to the 2nd floor. Looking at the forums, one of the construction managers has posted that they will soon try a three day cycle for pouring one floor.

Chicago is the other New York for USA

I can see that...;)

The 340 OTP coming along nicely, especially the glass!

Beautiful shot over Grant Park by Jaroslaw:

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/331/171105r31ya.jpg

Good news from our favorite user:

I just came from the LSE sales center, and they told me that there are only about 5 units remaining to be sold in The Regata, and that The Chandler is 84% sold (contracts signed).

One of the reps also told me that she saw a rough, birds-eye rendering of the Studio Gang tower. She said that it looked wierd! She said that it had a wavy texture. When she said that it was wierd, I got pretty excited:) I don't know when the rendering will be released, but I will continue to work on it. I can't get it until the developers officially release it.

^That is the proposed 80 story tower.

A few shots of The Regatta-
View to the southwest from lower level Lake Shore Drive - 2005-11-18
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/11/418920.jpg

View to the east from Columbus Drive - 2005-11-26
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/11/418921.jpg

Layers of construction: Brick, foam-board insulation and concrete block - 2005-11-26
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/11/418925.jpg


The Chandler-
View to the northeast - 2005-11-26
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/11/418918.jpg


340 On the Park-
View to the southeast from Columbus Drive - 2005-11-26
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/11/418946.jpg

View to the north - 2005-11-26
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/11/418949.jpg

Water pipes and ventilation ducts being instaalled in the lower levels - 2005-11-26
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/11/418950.jpg

Looking up the eastern face from Buckingham Plaza's driveway - 2005-11-26
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/11/418954.jpg

Wow, nice updates on many projects.

Here are some more from 340owners.com

http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/561/c2344iw.jpg
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/5818/c2333yn.jpg

Great good recent update!

A few more by www.340owners.com

http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/9525/c2354em.jpg
http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/2351/c2365jw.jpg

An interesting night photo taken on December 3, some kind of response by the fire department.

http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/3523/iotw8oa.jpg

skyline just gets better and better in this town :cheers:
great updates everybody

Chicago is on the roll... good update

I'm loving this project. Can't wait too see how it comes out when it's all said and done.

I hope to get photos of the other towers soon. But 340owners.com does a good job so here are a few more :)

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3609/c2378hw.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8534/c2397mo.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/1976/c2380vs.jpg

Oct. 15, 2005

As Crain's goes to press . . .

80-story tower eyed for Chicago River site

Developers plan an 80-story tower for the $4-billion Lake-shore East development on Lake Shore Drive south of the Chicago River. The high-rise, to be on Columbus Drive across from the Fairmont Hotel, is being designed by Chicago architect Jeanne Gang. Plans include about 500 apartments, nearly 300 condos and possibly a hotel with 195 units, says Joel Carlins, CEO of Magellan Development, which is developing Lakeshore East with Near North Properties. The Chicago-based firms are in talks with hotel operators and aim to market the condo units next year, Mr. Carlins says. [Alby Gallun]

---------

Our "insider" BVictor expects this building to be between 850-900 feet, no exact figure yet :cheers:
BVictor possted @ SSP that the rendering for Gang tower will be displayed soon.

Still no name yet?

I like the Chandler but where's the Monica??? :)

The cladding of 340 On the Park looks great. With everything that's going on in Chicago, this one seems to get lost in the shuffle. And it's one of the better towers being built right now. Thanks for posting those pics, spyguy.

More 340 madness and more glass

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/6729/c2454yq.jpg
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/2681/c2449zl.jpg
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8873/c2465ba.jpg
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/3469/c2470of.jpg

NICE DESIGNS

Go 340, go! I can't wait for this building to be finished.

I've seen some of them before, but didnt know about the complex. Chicago is definitely getting their share of new scrapers these days. Hope there will be more of that.

Here are some new ones, all from Krzycho:

Like always, start with 340:
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9210/p41801065wb.jpg
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/703/p41801184vs.jpg
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/6696/p41801076sm.jpg

Then Lancaster:
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8387/p41801151cx.jpg

Then Shoreham (you can see Regatta has gotten rather high):
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/563/p41801164zh.jpg

Christmas time:
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9863/p41801198ki.jpg

Land with equipment:
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8091/p41801207qc.jpg

My how 340 has grown. Can't wait to see it progress further during these following months.

Excellent update!! very completed :okay:

There was a snippet of info on Sunday's Tribune:

Gang at Lakeshore East -- One of Chicago's rising stars, Jeanne Gang, expects to show city officials her design for a mixed-use tower at Lakeshore East (a former golf course between Lake Shore Drive and Illinois Center) in January and to make it public soon afterward. Among the innovations of the tower, for which Loewenberg + Associates is architect of record: It will present different faces to different points of the compass, based on the views from the apartments and the shadows cast by nearby buildings. It's also a good bet the tower will be tall, considering the heights sketched out in the master plan for Lakeshore East.

Thanks to northsidesoxfan for these pictures:

http://images.snapfish.com/34594996%3B%7Ffp338%3Enu%3D3248%3E9%3A9%3E937%3EWSNRCG%3D323342%3C4%3C88%3B7nu0mrj
http://images.snapfish.com/34594996%3B%7Ffp335%3Enu%3D3248%3E9%3A9%3E937%3EWSNRCG%3D323342%3C4%3C88%3B%3Bnu0mrj

The Regatta:
http://images.snapfish.com/34594996%3B%7Ffp337%3Enu%3D3248%3E9%3A9%3E937%3EWSNRCG%3D323342%3C4%3C8929nu0mrj
http://images.snapfish.com/34594996%3B%7Ffp337%3Enu%3D3248%3E9%3A9%3E937%3EWSNRCG%3D323342%3C4%3C8927nu0mrj
http://images.snapfish.com/34594996%3B%7Ffp338%3Enu%3D3248%3E9%3A9%3E937%3EWSNRCG%3D323342%3C4%3C892%3Anu0mrj

340owners:
http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/1008/c2516aw.jpg
http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/5663/c2507ts.jpg

WOW, I'm really looking forward to visiting Chicago.

Updated the first page a little.

Here are some updates from geoff_diamond:

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/4135/regatta028wt.jpg

Regatta from a far:
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/8450/regatta016so.jpg

340:
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8674/340010gq.jpg
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/8629/340023wl.jpg
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/7384/340032oq.jpg
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/2165/340049ht.jpg

Nice glass facade!

How many more floors until The Regatta tops out?

How many more floors until The Regatta tops out?

Well, my estimate is that they're on the ~30th floor, more or less. So roughly 15 more floors till the Regatta TO.

So many new buildings, mostly all from Lakeshore East, were being built and some were even builted.


HaHaHaa... builted... what an idiot!

HaHaHaHaaHa... good stuff

HaHaHaa... builted... what an idiot!
There is no need to name-calling. It happens all the time everywhere in this forum.

So, don't be an idiot in calling someone else idiot. :tongue3:

From Krzycho:

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/7990/p50200612ow.jpg
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/9115/p50200728bm.jpg
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/4430/p50200760fm.jpg

340owners.com:
The glass is really coming along
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3923/c2553nt.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6841/c2561pz.jpg

This tower is getting quite tall now
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/5138/c2575nj.jpg

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3383/c2585gh.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/530/c2606wo.jpg

A few today from Pandemonious:

Regatta:
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/9652/dscf10485rw.jpg

340 (sort of):
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5121/dscf10534em.jpg

340 updates from 340owners.com

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/3849/c2610cp.jpg
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/2837/c2621yy.jpg
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/5488/c2638kr.jpg
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/8576/c2642zk.jpg

The Regatta from Everyman.

http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/8990/dscf05728ub.jpg
http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/4968/dscf05718fo.jpg

340owners.com

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1449/c2658ge.jpg

Looks like floor 22-23ish

Regatta & surroundings

Taken earlier this week.
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/4007/regatta010vl.jpg

ok now thats magnificent...;)

From www.340owners.com

New LSE entrance markers
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3940/iotw9ij.jpg

Lobby glass
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4435/c2660tq.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4187/c2679tb.jpg
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2803/c2682qr.jpg

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/4645/chicago795zx.jpg

This is a great collection of skyscrapers. Very dense and neat.

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3940/iotw9ij.jpg

Is this a model of the building? It's totally awesome. A great rival for the that Dubai hotel tower!

I wish :) They're just some new entrance signs they added to the development.

I wish too! Maybe that is what the 80 story Gang tower will look like, huh?

The Studio Gang tower is now called Aqua. It will be 80-85 floors and ~~850-900 feet tall. No rendering has been released yet, but it looks like they're gearing up towards marketing it. The first 1/2 will be a mix of retail, rentals, and hotels (an extension of the Fairmont across the street) and the other half will be condos. It is supposed to feature a lot of glass, be very modern and hip, and the floor plans will be really different since this tower seems like it's going to have a peculiar shape.

Wow I love it sorta like a mini Dubai project.

340OTP update from 340owners.com

In the middle 20's floor-wise now
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6669/c2691wh.jpg

From 340owners.com

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/2908/c2700ub.jpg
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/7725/c2718mw.jpg
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/3623/c2721uw.jpg
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/1755/c2735za.jpg

It's turning out very nice!

I remember going to the auto show and I could just see it poking up while I was in the skybridge over LSD. It's looking great so far!

340 is beautyful.

Lakeshore East Developers Carlins and Loewenberg Officially Merge

Last updated: February 16, 2006 11:04am

CHICAGO-Following years of collaboration, Magellan Development Group and NNP Residential & Development are forming a new corporate partnership under the Magellan name. The merged company and its affiliates are operating from their new headquarters at Three Illinois Center, 303 E. Wacker Dr.

Joel Carlins, president of Magellan, and James Loewenberg, head of NNP Residential & Development, will serve as co-chairmen of the new Magellan Development Group; David Carlins will assume the role of president. Magellan will continue to steer development activity, while the NNP Residential division of the new company will focus on property management and apartment marketing services. All Magellan and NNP Residential affiliates, including Loewenberg Architects, established by James Loewenberg's father and uncle in 1919, will continue to operate autonomously.

The partnership between Carlins and Loewenberg peaked with the development of Lakeshore East. The $4 billion, 28-acre mixed-use community is rising where the Chicago River meets Lake Michigan. Formerly an Illinois Central rail yard and shipping port, the site was briefly a nine-hole urban golf course. The Lakeshore East development plan allows for 10 million sf of properties, including up to 4,950 residences, a 6-acre public park, 2.2 million gross sf of commercial space, 1,500 hotel rooms, 770,000 sf of retail and a proposed elementary school.

Magellan's portfolio of condominium developments includes 21 West Chestnut Place; the Park Newberry; 630 North State Parkway; the Farallon; 600 North State Street; Admiral's Pointe; the Caravel; and the Park Alexandria. NNP's portfolio of condominium and apartment developments during the past 25 years includes State Place Condominiums; 2555 North Clark Street; Gold Coast Galleria; Landmark on the Lake in Milwaukee; One East Delaware Place; 1212 North LaSalle Street; and Ontario Place. Together, the two companies developed the Grand Plaza, Park Millennium; One Superior Place; and Dearborn Place rental communities.

Neither Carlins nor Loewenberg could be reached for comment by press time.

Renderings of Lakeshore East showing all buildings proposed to date.

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9696/LSE1.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9788/MPFS.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2327/LSE2.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9739/LSERiver.jpg

From Hancock Observatory
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3393/LSE95.jpg

From the proposed top floor of Fordham Spire
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5908/LSEFS.jpg

Great job, STR. You continue to impress! :applause:

Renderings of Lakeshore East showing all buildings proposed to date.

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9696/LSE1.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9788/MPFS.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2327/LSE2.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9739/LSERiver.jpg

From Hancock Observatory
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3393/LSE95.jpg

From the proposed top floor of Fordham Spire
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5908/LSEFS.jpg

:applause: :applause: :applause:

A really cool photo posted by Krzycho

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/2421/p61100281xl.jpg

You can see that it is nearly 1/2 the height of the next door BC-BS building.

Cool, I took that same photo in August 04'. It's like a before and after pics. Here it is:
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/avanzee/Chicago/skydeck5MP.jpg

I just noticed this, but that huge white boat in the Marina looks like it hasn't moved in 2 years.

The white boat is a yacht club.

That's i call residentials.

A new update from 340owners.com

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/8752/c2744xi.jpg

Also, we might have a some kind of an idea of what the Aqua tower will look like tonight.

^I'm keeping my fingers crossed on the Aqua! Hopefully that King guy comes through for us tonight...

Looks neat!

Some photos today by richardsonhomebuyers

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/1363/dscn00726jb.jpg
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9348/dscn00743nu.jpg
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/140/dscn00764ba.jpg

Regatta:
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/5645/regatta3sz.jpg

And a few from 340owners.com

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/4334/c2768jp.jpg
http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/1118/c2751ep.jpg

Where Tides will be located, some site prep work going on as it'll be the next tower to go up since it is a rental unit
http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/1487/lsetides3va.jpg

Is that a temporary park and will have a building built on it when the time comes, or is it just a sad looking park?

No, it is permanent and rather large, although there was talk of putting the school in one of the corners but that idea seems to have been abandoned.

The reasons it looks so sad right now are:
1) It's March, it's pretty cold (mild winter however), so there's no much activity going on in parks usually and because many of the towers are still UC.
2) The leaves on the trees are dead, and the trees themselves will take years to mature and really make an effect.
3) Last summer there was very little rain so only the most watered grass survived and everything else became yellow.

Go back to the first page and scroll down and see the pictures of the park in the summer. It is actually quite nice both in daylight and in the evening.

A few updates from Pandemonious:

340:
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/3390/340otp8eh.jpg
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/1416/340otp28pa.jpg
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/407/340otp37uv.jpg

Chandler:
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/3223/thechandler24kp.jpg
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/3038/thechandler6lz.jpg

Great update, I cant wait for the 340 to reach it's hole!

Also, we can finally release info on

Aqua
83 floors
835 feet

Designed by Studio Gang

It is an extension of the Fairmont Hotel across the street and includes retail, rental apartments, and condominiums.

In the SOM masterplan this tower is one of two that will be the tallest in the entire development.

Here are the renderings in a scanned article from the Chicago Tribune:
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4171/aqua1id.jpg
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6619/aqua15bj.jpg

I will change the first page accordingly.

Looks really cool!!

Chicago is booming right now. I'm very impressed.

How many towers are there for this Lake front project? seems like alot of huge ones.

Only about 3,000 more skyscrapers to you catch up to NYC.

About 16 towers in the masterplan as well as a market place and school. In terms of # of towers, Central Station is actually bigger.

340 owners:
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/5179/c2762pv.jpg
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/9348/c2779ef.jpg
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/3089/c2783ab.jpg
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/4040/c2795je.jpg
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/6718/c2803eq.jpg
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/4894/c2815xb.jpg

Entrance marker from GRDadof3 on Urban Planet (http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=21563)
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8056/98152840b6312234b85ev.jpg

From Chicago3rd
340:
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3037/61747065m5wh.jpg

Regatta:
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5122/61747081l1tt.jpg

Nice pics and thank you. My God...the Aon Center's encompassing towers are going to overtake the Hancock as my most favorite area of skyscrapers. Can't wait until Aqua goes up.

^Mandarin Oriental will keep it nice company :D And don' forget that in the masterplan there is another tower that should be similar to Aqua's height and just directly south of it.

Wow this whole development is totally amazing! Aqua is super cool!

From 340owners.com
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/5362/c2840ga.jpg
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/5807/c2857ic.jpg

1/2 of 340's floors are now completed, it will only be a matter of weeks before it is taller than its neighbors

The sales center

http://www.340otp.com/linked/aqua_to_lse2.gif

http://www.340otp.com/linked/aqua_to_lse.gif

Inside

http://images.snapfish.com/34673%3A7%3C2%7Ffp343%3Enu%3D3238%3E868%3E492%3EWSNRCG%3D323363495%3B986nu0mrj

Massive amounts of landscaping and activities on top of the podium. Think Lake Point Tower.
http://images.snapfish.com/34673%3A7%3C2%7Ffp344%3Enu%3D3238%3E868%3E492%3EWSNRCG%3D3233634969564nu0mrj

Aqua towers over all the other models.
http://images.snapfish.com/34673%3A7%3C2%7Ffp33%3A%3Enu%3D3238%3E868%3E492%3EWSNRCG%3D323363495%3B98%3Anu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/34673%3A7%3C2%7Ffp346%3Enu%3D3238%3E868%3E492%3EWSNRCG%3D323363496956%3Bnu0mrj

This model tower is so tall that they had to saw off some of the table legs just to fit it!

Adding to the crane


View to the northwest from Randolph Street - 2006-4-5
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/04/449109.jpg

Adding a section to the tower crane - 2006-4-4
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/04/449097.jpg

Loading a new section to the tower crane - 2006-4-4
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/04/449100.jpg



More recent from 340owners

Roughly 34th floor
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1073/c2872qm.jpg
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/7501/c2883kz.jpg


In other news, I found out what those little lights on top of the markers are for
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3940/iotw9ij.jpg
Residents who want a taxi can call the doorman who operates the lights from his desk for passing cabs to see

Chicago is still booming, I am glad about that.

These are some beautiful quality buildings. I'm so proud of my Chicago. I'm so overwelmed with it's developments.

Regular updates of 340 from 340owners. Floor 36
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/8756/c2899dl.jpg
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5638/c2912sx.jpg
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/7900/c2905gr.jpg



I don't think I ever gave a proper introduction to Aqua (with all renderings).
Aqua is 83 floors and 823 ft
All renderings to this point
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/1300/aqua6ne.jpg
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/8632/aqua13ie.jpghttp://img119.imageshack.us/img119/264/aqua35jn.jpghttp://img119.imageshack.us/img119/6344/aqua44td.jpg
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/3060/aqua67ad.jpghttp://img119.imageshack.us/img119/6717/aqua56xf.jpg
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8947/aqua6pi.jpg

Lakeshore East updated their official neighborhood map. It's a bit small so it's hard to read the height numbers, but those are all measured wrong and you can find the accurate ones on the first page.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7858/lseneigh7jh.jpg
^^Shows the market, future developments, and Aqua's HUGE base/park

Disregarding heights, but the style of Aqua is what we see in Oz all the time. We are quite used to the wavey undulating balconies but I guess they are not common in the States.

Aqua is going to be a doozy.

Iv heard doozy used in good and bad ways, what do you mean by doozy?

The Climbing Protection Panel CPP
Working Safer and Quicker 44 Floors High

The Lakeshore East development area in Chicago is a 26 acre parcel of land located on the South bank of the Chicago River at Lake Michigan. This area will be a host to over 25 new structures in the next few years. The Regatta building marks James McHugh Construction`s third project at Lakeshore East, along with the Lancaster (see PERI scope 2005 (http://www.peri-usa.com/us/us/pub/peri_scope/peri_scope_01_2005.cfm)).

This 466 ft (142 m) building will sore 44 stories in the air and provide over 700,000 ft² (65,000 m²) of living space with over 325 condominium units.

One of the interesting features of this structure is the curved curtain wall facing Lake Michigan. This unique structure provided itself with the ideal opportunity for PERI to supply the new Climbing Protection Panel (CPP).The CPP system encloses the work enviroment, providing a comfortable and safe working area. The system ensures delays due to weather are minimized and production levels are increased by eliminating the need to work on a ledge of a 44 story building. The CPP is lifted by a crane and simply connected to the slab via a bracket. The system uses a plywood backing connected to steel supports, making it easy to attached any necessary signage. An ideal platform for advertising and providing a weather tight system at the same time.
PERI also provided the VARIO wall formwork system, the SKYDECK modular slab formwork system, the Automatic Climbing System (ACS) (http://www.peri-usa.com/us/us/pub/products.cfm/fuseaction/showproduct/product_ID/74/productcategory_ID/12.cfm) and QUATTRO columns for this project.

Contractor: James McHugh Construction, Chicago, IL
Field Service: PERI Chicago (http://www.peri-usa.com) / PERI Weissenhorn (http://www.peri.de)

http://www.peri.de/shared/references/img/peri_us_regatta_ch_1_lg.jpg
Incorporating PERI’s know-how on this project enabled James McHugh to keep schedule a priority. The main placing boom located in the middle of the floor was designed to be carried by the Automatic Climbing System, eliminating the extra crane time needed to move the system separately.

http://www.peri.de/shared/references/img/peri_us_regatta_ch_3_lg.jpg
Incorporating PERI’s know-how on this project enabled James McHugh to keep schedule a priority. The main placing boom located in the middle of the floor was designed to be carried by the Automatic Climbing System, eliminating the extra crane time needed to move the system separately.

^Isn't that the same technology that the Trump building will employ? McHugh is the General Contactor over there as well. For the ad space, I'm sure Trump will have something up there like here did for his Annex visit. Thanks for posting that.

Walls and Slabs Poured Monolithically Using
ACS-G – The Automatic Climbing System with Gallow

The Shoreham is one of the first two high rises being constructed on the Lake Shore East Development area in downtown Chicago, IL. This 49-story condominium tower is designed with floor to ceiling glass and vertical bands of exposed concrete with two sets of recessed balconies. PERI was awarded the contract to supply the forming solution for the walls, decks, core structure and facade.

The various systems supplied by PERI included SKYDECK (http://www.peri-usa.com/us/us/pub/products.cfm/fuseaction/showproduct/product_ID/44/productcategory_ID/15.cfm) for the underground parking levels, MULTIFLEX for the upper levels, PERI TRIO (http://www.peri-usa.com/us/us/pub/products.cfm/fuseaction/showproduct/product_ID/43/productcategory_ID/11.cfm) and custom DOMINO (http://www.peri-usa.com/us/us/pub/products.cfm/fuseaction/showproduct/product_ID/28/productcategory_ID/11.cfm) for the interior walls and VARIO including ACS-G for both core structures and the KG 240 climbing bracket for the external shear walls. The ACS-G (gallow) (http://www.peri-usa.com/us/us/pub/products.cfm/fuseaction/showproduct/product_ID/74/productcategory_ID/12.cfm) system was designed with the internal panel having an offset, thereby allowing the wall and floor to be poured monolithically. This design feature enabled the client to pour various floor heights by simply adding extension splices to the top of the VARIO panel.

Contractor: Walsh Constr. Co., Chicago, IL
Field Support: PERI Germany (http://www.peri.de), Weissenhorn / PERI Chicago - Formwork and Scaffolding (http://www.peri-usa.com)

http://www.peri.de/shared/references/img/peri_us_shoreham_1_lg.jpg

Chicago, IL, USA: The Shoreham (49 stories) - During construction

http://www.peri.de/shared/references/img/peri_us_shoreham_2_lg.jpg

The slabs were formed using SKYDECK modular slab formwork and MULTIFLEX loose-frame slab formwork for the perimeters.

PERI's ACS and SKYDECK Systems Achieve 3 Day Pour Cycle

The Lancaster is another highrise being built in the Lake Shore development area in Chicago, IL. This 324 ft (99 m), 30-story condominium tower is only one of the 14 high rise buildings that are to be constructed in the area.

The exterior ACS-R (http://www.peri-usa.com/us/us/pub/products.cfm/fuseaction/showproduct/product_ID/74/productcategory_ID/12.cfm) platforms supplied by PERI were capable of lifting more than 30 tons, enabling McHugh Construction to use intricate steel forms with ease. By using the lightweight DOMINO Wall Formwork (http://www.peri-usa.com/us/us/pub/products.cfm/fuseaction/showproduct/product_ID/28/productcategory_ID/11.cfm) system on the inside of the perimeter walls, PERI provided McHugh with a fast, flexible and safe forming solution. The wall formwork system was designed to allow James McHugh Construction to sequence either the wall or slab construction independent of one another. This ensured a flexible product that would permit them to adjust the pour sequence accordingly.

Contractor: James McHugh Construction Co. Chicago, IL
Field Support: PERI Germany (http://www.peri.de), Weissenhorn / PERI Chicago (http://www.peri-usa.com)

http://www.peri.de/shared/references/img/peri_us_lancas_1_lg.jpg

The Lancaster, Chicago, IL during construction

http://www.peri.de/shared/references/img/peri_us_lancas_2_lg.jpg

Architectural concrete (http://www.peri.de/ww/en/pub/knowledge/u_know.cfm) facade constructed using ACS and custom steel wall formwork.

^Uh huh...

Anyway, new 340OTP images from 340owners

Base:
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/984/c2947hh.jpg
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3503/c2954cm.jpg http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2988/c2969oc.jpg

Tower is equal to BC-BS next door
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3664/c2978pv.jpg
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/1165/c2981my.jpg
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/943/c2995xb.jpg

Starting to make an impact on the skyline (From Adler webcam)
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/7799/11464315454171142gf.jpg

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Finally, some new renders of the retail section and glassy escalator?
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8549/lse2wu.jpg
http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/1508/market0027zi.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/606/lseshops1ka.jpg

New images from the Chicago Reader

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/wjcordier/slideshow6.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/wjcordier/slideshow2.jpg

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/9985/thirdschool5vf.jpg

Base shots from BVictor

https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/05/456686.jpg

https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/05/456690.jpg

All from 340owners

May 11
http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/4341/c3000iu.jpg
http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/5263/c3010th.jpg
http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/4608/c3023oi.jpg

May 12
Backside
http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/2303/c3042fl.jpg
http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/2421/c3036vr.jpg

Again from 340owners

Kind of funny:
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/7048/ayearmakes8xh.jpg

From 30 N Lasalle
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/3544/c3056ec.jpg

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8486/c3068oa.jpg
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/17/c3074st.jpg
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/6026/c3082ew.jpg

Someone took this from inside the building:
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/2549/cell437re.jpg

Updates from 340owners
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/6855/c3097xm.jpg
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/173/c3108ll.jpg
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/74/c3113zo.jpg
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/1734/c3121yp.jpg

Chandler
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/6231/chandler0620062xk.jpg

Stormy weather
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/687/360storm9qv.jpg

From June 7th after work resumed:
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/3353/c3133qk.jpg

From today by Pandemonious
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4503/340otpcrane1jw.jpg
^^Probably close to as high the crane will go during construction

And better LSE market renderings:
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/4972/eleven9dy.jpg
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/2662/one7lv.jpg
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/1920/three3ug.jpg
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/2585/four7tp.jpg
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/8554/six4tg.jpg
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/5724/seven2ve.jpg
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/16/eight8oh.jpg
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/5757/nine9cg.jpg

^The Parkhomes shown above will likely start marketing soon, even though reservations are being taken presently.

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/1783/iotw4dq.jpg

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/1902/c3149oq.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/4081/c3156pn.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/4895/c3168gy.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8736/c3174cy.jpg

All together they look gooodd...:)

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/4612/c3197ja.jpg
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/5483/c3180xu.jpg

http://www.lakeshoreeast.com/mediaroom/suburbs_majority.html

SUBURBS PRODUCE LARGE MAJORITY OF BUYERS AT BOOMING NEW LAKESHORE EAST COMMUNITY
June 20, 2006

By a majority of nearly 2-to-1, suburbanites are outnumbering city-based buyers flocking to the blossoming new Lakeshore East community on the New East Side with out-of-staters logging in 15 percent of total sales.

A demographic breakdown of the first five luxury condominium towers completed, under development or being pre-construction marketed in the new neighborhood near the confluence of Lake Michigan and the Chicago River with a combined total of 1,449 residences reveals:

• 690 purchasers, or 55 percent of the total, come from Chicago suburbs
• Another 391 or 30 percent are from the city
• 165 or 15 percent are from out of state
• Another 3 are from outside the United States (Canada, Italy and Singapore)

“While sales from the city remain strong, we find interesting a subtle shift of the proportion from the suburbs and out-of-state buyers as the community has evolved,” observed David Carlins, president of Magellan Development Group, LLC, the developer of Lakeshore East.

The first completed and occupied condominium tower in the community is The Lancaster, a 29-story structure designed by Loewenberg Architects with 209 residences. Nearing completion sold-out with first occupancy scheduled for August is The Regatta. Designed by DeStefano + Partners Inc., the 44-story building contains 325 residences.

Two condominiums under construction are The Chandler and 340 on the Park.

The 35-story The Chandler, with 304 residences, was also designed by DeStefano + Partners. It is 90 percent sold and initial occupancy is projected for 2007.

340 on the Park, a joint venture of LR Development Co. and Magellan, is under construction at 340 E. Randolph. Sales at the 348-unit, 62-story tower designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates are at the 80% level with occupancy also projected for 2007.

The newest addition to Lakeshore east is Aqua, a unique 80-story mixed-use skyscraper uniquely designed by award-winning architect Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang. The Aqua marketing program was launched April 8 and 66 percent of the luxury condominiums included in the building's design have been reserved

Aqua, which will be the tallest and most distinctive residential building in downtown Chicago, will be the first high-rise in the city designed uniquely to combine condos, rental, hotel and retail spaces in a single structure. It is also believed to be the tallest building ever designed by an architectural firm headed by a woman.
While 21 other states have produced buyers at Lakeshore East, the Midwestern states of Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin are joined by sunshine states California and Florida and New York City as the most popular non-Illinois purchasers.

Lakeshore East is evolving as a mixed-use lifestyle center where people can live, work, shop, eat and pursue whatever interests them without having to get into a car.

The plan that completes the ambitious Illinois Center development allows for the construction of up to 4,950 residences, a magnificent 6-acre public park, 2.2 million gross square feet of commercial space, 1,500 hotel rooms, 770,000 square feet of retail space and a proposed elementary school.

Some 40 percent of the site will remain vibrant open space. Among the award-winning Lakeshore East park’s many attractions is free Wi-Fi or wireless broadband Internet access. Other park amenities include a children’s play park, a gated dog park, a large open meadow, water fountains, ornamental gardens and extensive seating.

Residential developments at Lakeshore East, in addition to the condominium properties, currently include The Shoreham, a completed and occupied 46-story apartment tower with 548 residences and the 51-story The Tides, the community’s second rental property with 607 luxury units. It also is under construction. And the first phase of Parkhomes at Lakeshore East, an enclave of 24 gracious and distinctive single-family homes bordering the new award-winning public park, is in the final design stage and expected to be brought to market by summer 2006.

Chicago's park landscaping and Lakeshore outlay is just awesome.

Impressive!!!!

I can't wait to see Aqua rise! :)

Cool city with cool buildings !

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/5354/3477059tm.jpg

:eek: :eek:
What a wonderful tower!!, BTW the whole master project is fantastic.

yeah its a awesome tower, ready does fit in to the skyline

June 23:
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8161/c3203qg.jpg

Today: 50th floor

340 & Regatta
http://wilthe3rd.smugmug.com/photos/78149588-M.jpg
http://wilthe3rd.smugmug.com/photos/78149585-M.jpg
http://wilthe3rd.smugmug.com/photos/78149586-L.jpg

This is one of the best looking neighborhoods in the US.
If we can have something like this in Los Angeles, many people will abandon their suburban houses and move into downtown highrises.

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/3544/c3056ec.jpg
Oh my God, this picture takes my breath away !! It puts all NYC pictures to shame. :D

the most of the building at that masterplan they seems very simple to me but the Aqua building is a lovely structure :yes:

Just some larger renderings I found:

Back of 340:
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5769/340back2ff.jpg

Base:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1455/340base7sf.jpg

51st floor
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7677/c3224ot.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/3559/c3237md.jpg

Tides:
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6540/tides062920062jk.jpg

Chandler:
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/3930/chandler062920064ok.jpg

Good stuff! Chicago just doesn't seem to have an end to the construction madness. So cool. Totally need to visit again.

Update on 340OTP:

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/81/c3245mc.jpg
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3646/c3261lh.jpg

Around 10 more floors to go- the only info I've seen said it will be TO in October, but we'll see.

Aqua model with all announced projects in LSE


http://images1.snapfish.com/3475%3A%3C%3B92%7Ffp339%3Enu%3D3238%3E868%3E492%3EWSNRCG%3D3233944292%3B%3A6nu0mrj
http://images1.snapfish.com/3475%3A%3C%3B92%7Ffp339%3Enu%3D3238%3E868%3E492%3EWSNRCG%3D3233944292%3B%3A%3Bnu0mrj
http://images1.snapfish.com/3475%3A%3C%3B92%7Ffp342%3Enu%3D3238%3E868%3E492%3EWSNRCG%3D32339442%3A43%3B4nu0mrj

I just realized that Aqua looking from afar is nothing but "very tall box".

Doesnt matter, I love boxes anyway ;)

A few shots of 340 On the Park from yesterday 07/15/06

https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/07/473990.jpg

View down the emergency stairs from the 47th floor - 2006-7-15
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/07/473995.jpg

Standing on the 51st floor with the formwork of the 52nd floor above - 2006-7-15
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/07/473997.jpg

View down the eastern half of the northern facade - 2006-7-15
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/07/474005.jpg


View down the eastern half of the southern face - 2006-7-15
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/07/474013.jpg

^Those are awesome.

Tom in Chicago also has some great photos on SSP (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=110739)

Sample:
http://www.pbase.com/temper/image/63528800.jpg

340OTP - 55th floor

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/8049/c328hk2.jpg
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/173/c330fx1.jpg
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/3334/c332tx1.jpg
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/5710/c333qj1.jpg
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4510/c334kw6.jpg

Awesome amount of photos taken yesterday by Pherek on SSP (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2207646&postcount=1701)

340OTP:
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/9923/200607260877rr4.jpg
http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/4805/200607260882zy5.jpg
^^The building to the left (Blue Cross Blue Shield) recently announced it will expand its HQ and add 24 floors to the building, bringing the height to an est. 740 feet

The Tides - beginning to rise
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/4135/200607260888mp3.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2826/200607260887os3.jpg

The Chandler - on its way up
http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/9923/200607260885mf7.jpg
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/4229/200607260893tv8.jpg

great update, thanks :cheers:

Theyre adding onto an all ready built building, did they design it to be able to do that? Has this been done before?

Yes, the building was designed to allow for that signficant increase when the company needed to expand its space. I'm not sure if it has ever happened to this scale before.

I used a photo of Pherek's from SSP, which was close to the angle from one of the official renders for 340 on the Park. I don't have photoshop but I merged the construction photo and render as best as I could using cut and paste in Microsoft Paint. Just gives an idea how much is left before they top out.
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/2170/jul27constructionrenderbn5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

pic with the blue cross building expanded
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/9717/bcbsfz2.jpg

What a wonderful parallel development for Chicago!
LSE<=>Central Station:runaway:

Thanks for posting the picture, TroyBoy. BCBS will have a much more imposing presence on the skyline when the expansion is complete.
There will be enough windows and shades on the south elevation to spell out full sentence messages! ("GO CUBS BEAT CARDS")

From 340owners

6 more floors to go!
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/5656/c335es9.jpg
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/7961/c337cy4.jpg
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/6485/c336ka9.jpg
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/9691/c338uh2.jpg
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/7703/c339ss9.jpg

Chandler:
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/7664/chandler080106yt2.jpg

Tides:
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/2540/tides080106yb9.jpg

I'm satisfied with the BCBS's final height but I'm not really about wether it would looks too bulky though.

Very nice pictures on the last page, good update!

5 more floors
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/972/aug32006tr9.jpg

I don't want to make a big deal out of this now until it can be confirmed, but someone, who probably wouldn't come out of the blue and tell us this much detail without being involved, said that an unreleased tower would be quite tall (taller than Aqua). And I don't think this is the tower south of Aqua either.

If you look hard enough, you can probably find this same info, but I don't want to release anything as he said some more in detail. I doubt he/she would tell us a lie, but you never know. Mainly I don't want to repeat what happened when Aqua was leaked here, because I know people (some in the media) actually read this forum and I don't want anyone to get in trouble either.

Any thing new and exciting going on with this building? I think they only have about 4 more floors left before the building is topped off.

Another great addition to the Chicago skyline :cheers: !

Only 3-4 more floors left

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1769/c341jf9.jpg
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/4125/c340zx5.jpg

A couple more shots and floors
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4156/c342xw1.jpg
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/6800/c344qh7.jpg
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9563/c345ia1.jpg

From 340owners

8/23
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9829/c346fw7.jpg
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/6195/c347zz9.jpg

8/31
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8471/c348cy7.jpg

They're now working on the last floor!

This is so similar to Cityplace in Toronto! I really like this.... good job, Chicago!

Chicago is really amazing, this city rises in the sky with so many towers!!

Here are a couple of shots I took last week for ENR Construction magazine. . .

http://www.pbase.com/temper/image/65534317.jpg
Aluminum and glass curtainwall façade by Benson Global

http://www.pbase.com/temper/image/65657258.jpg
Amsysco Post Tensioning cables on the 60th floor deck

You always have interesting pics, Tom.

Two from TransitEngr on SSP
http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/7277/dsc00381og4.jpg
http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/9448/dsc00394gc9.jpg

it's so wild to see it in the skyline from adler. it's going to look so great with aqua, the legacy, and of course trump. onward to density...

What a perfect fits!!

This is a post from a forum member on SSP. Its not confirmed info but its VERY interesting and if true, LakeshoreEast could be quite the project.

Here:

I am inside the Lakeshore East development and with their sales and marketing force as well as general love and ability to create supertall within their own city approved Planning Department, there will be a total of four 80+ story buildings within the LakeShore East Park along the river and Columbus, and a few that are 70 or more. The PD that has been set and approved by the city has been pushed far beyond the building heights set-with unanimous city approval.

Expect a very serious project to appear at the culdesac end of Wacker Drive after the Aqua is sold, and a very prestigious starchitect firm backing it. And imagine the building MOMO on stilts and steroids.

But still an 80 or 90 story building at 825-950' is nothing compared to the Fordham Spire, but then again unlike the Spire these building will much more easily get built and still generate profits. The saving grace behind Aqua is the ultra-efficient and economic minimalist structure behind the skin. It can be built quickly, beautifully, and have a positive effect skyline effect.

These days in America, it is the insight of the economists that make big things possible.

Yes, that is amazing information and a great chance to have lots of starchitects design something in Chicago. Not many cities in the world will have such large concentration of 70+ story buildings. But if all that is true, then almost all the future high rise projects in LSE will be supertalls :)

She's really getting up there, I can't believe how much of an impact this one has. I can see it from all over the city. Recent shots from 09-01-2006.

https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/09/485812.jpg
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/09/485815.jpg
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/09/485816.jpg

Looking good, it coming out very nicely.

very underrated development :( but a nice cluster of buildings indeed!

I wish the Blue Sheild building wasn't being made larger....it looks too bulky and takes away from the new tower rising next to it.

But this is a fantastic development.

Yes, that is amazing information and a great chance to have lots of starchitects design something in Chicago. Not many cities in the world will have such large concentration of 70+ story buildings. But if all that is true, then almost all the future high rise projects in LSE will be supertalls :)

Oh yea, LSE's mega projects if all go thru, going to be one of the most cocentrated supertall residential block on earth! Nice updates btw spyguy! :cheers:

From Sep 7

http://static.flickr.com/96/237671462_2c99839e9d_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/84/237671228_5978593b5e_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/86/237668390_7050505eef_b.jpg

The Roosevelt Metra station is truly an embarrassment.

340's slender side

http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/5594/238430753b52cdfb901buq2.jpg
Alex Leung

Very sleek. I'm loving the glass.

Wow, first time I see this one, I love it!

340's slender side

http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/5594/238430753b52cdfb901buq2.jpg
Alex Leung

WOW!!!! :eek2:

man, from all of these views, Aon owns all the other buildings hahaa....

It's great new addition to the skyline. I like the older buildings too thought, they are timeless and have great height. Go Chicago!

^^
Beautiful shots Chad & spyguy! :runaway:

Couple of LSE (mostly OTP 340) views from my sailing on 9-9 overcast afternoon with my phone:

http://static.flickr.com/97/238986152_159a39e5fe_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/96/238986156_5edfa9c915_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/89/238986157_e56d129141_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/94/238986160_b94701d80d_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/88/238986162_55b755b4a3_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/91/238986164_491578fd9d_o.jpg

Updates from today

September 14, 2006

The Chandler
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3082/p1010116lx0.jpg

The Tides
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1158/p1010140ns5.jpg

Lakeshore East Development
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5551/p1010128tn9.jpg

In other news, it looks like Aqua will start construction is some form or another very soon
September 14, 2006

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5529/p1010142ij2.jpg

The Roosevelt Metra station is truly an embarrassment.
Yea, I agree, after seeing the pic of it with OTP340 in the background!
Is there plan to renovate it or soon be replace with modern rail system?

In other news, it looks like Aqua will start construction is some form or another very soon
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5529/p1010142ij2.jpg


That will be the lot for Aqua? :runaway:

Yea, I agree, after seeing the pic of it with OTP340 in the background!
Is there plan to renovate it or soon be replace with modern rail system?


From what I can recall reading I think their has been plans to secure funding for over a decade to build a new Roosevelt station. I want to say I remember reading that I think funding for the station got delayed again recently but I may be wrong.

From what I can recall reading I think their has been plans to secure funding for over a decade to build a new Roosevelt station. I want to say I remember reading that I think funding for the station got delayed again recently but I may be wrong.

Oh, thanks nomarandlee for the info, just thought that the wood frame bridge over Roosvelt station is way out of date on that shot!

Here is another update for LSE, taken couple days ago! It is looking massive that LSE! Image Aqua will soon filling up the gap betwwen North OTp340 and West Chandler!:runaway:
http://static.flickr.com/93/238545565_2bcc371f31_b.jpg

First, some old pics:
Regatta
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1756/2208520248e111432b1bz8.jpg

Playground
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/5958/220852020fb6265ab57un4.jpg

Next: 3 retail leases for the Shoreham: 5/3 Bank, Caffe RoM, and the LSE design center.

The Parkhomes
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1291/parkhomesyf0.jpg

Who's taller?
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/9895/2451293645958fab6b4bhk8.jpg

Aqua's site is now cleared (pic by kalmia)
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/971/aquasite21sep2006atw8.jpg

340 On The Park is now TO :cheers:

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9629/c349tj1.jpg

Tides:
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/725/tides09252006pz0.jpg

Chandler: glass is starting to come on
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9794/chandler09252006fl0.jpg

Aqua's site is cleared:
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9215/aqua09252006cj9.jpg

Howmany more sites at LSE to be released?

^Well there are still 9 more high rises that have yet to be released. A supposed "insider" said that the original plans have been heavily modified and that there are several tall buildings yet to come.

Besides that there are some low-mid rise sections, the market, and an elementary and middle school.

A cool fall shot from "cranberries"
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3540/26215418331c3b06554yt4.jpg

I'll be in Chicago for Xmas, Hopefully 340 would be done by then...:)

^Well (as I recall) people won't start moving in until summer, but by December I would think that most of the exterior glass work will be finished at this rate.

340OTP and LSE updates:

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/Mansmith_2006/DSCN2147.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/Mansmith_2006/DSCN2163.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/Mansmith_2006/DSCN2189.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/Mansmith_2006/DSCN2172.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/Mansmith_2006/DSCN2171.jpg

Whats the blue crane building?

^The blue crane is for Chandler, which now has glass on the lower levels.

Aqua
October 13, 2006

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9441/pa130403wj1.jpg

Tides
The Tides
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5560/pa130406ej6.jpg

^The blue crane is for Chandler, which now has glass on the lower levels.


No the one in the first pic, its not out of the ground yet.

^The blue crane close to Millennium Park? That's for the new Modern Wing of the Art Institute.

Yea thats it, thanks.

Today's updates from 340owners

Working on the base:
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/9392/c355an8.jpg
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/540/c351lq1.jpg
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/5396/c352bl9.jpg

http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/9875/c357va5.jpg
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/1643/c356pb9.jpg
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/5352/c358ww7.jpg

SolarWind also has a nice pic of Chandler's glass. Too bad the sides of the building (like Regatta) suck, but I suppose they will be sort of obscured by future towers.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2977/cal3.jpg

Nice tower!! 1st time i've seen this one.
Set in a good cluster too.

Think i may have to visit Chicago one day

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/1857/2795224177300b53d34bmp6.jpg
Christopher Jennings

340 OTP keeps looking better and better. I love how when you're driving north on LSD, it looks like it's directly in front of you.

Wow, looking good.

Nice tower!! 1st time i've seen this one.
Set in a good cluster too.

Think i may have to visit Chicago one day

I can promise you would love it...it's a magical city, and god willing with some of the latest financial news, and happenings in the city it can pass LA, and be Americas 2nd city again until it is ready to challeng NYC

WOW im amazed, Chigago is looking so great in those photos

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/122214,110206fire.article

Downtown high-rise blaze contained

November 2, 2006
FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS

A temporary heating unit on the 26th floor of 62-floor high-rise under construction sparked a blaze downtown Thursday afternoon.

A still and box and an EMS Plan 1 were called for the fire, 340 E. Randolph St., at 3:18 p.m., and they were both secured at 3:40 p.m., according to Fire Media Affairs Assistant Director Eve Rodriguez. The entire building, which only had construction workers inside, was evacuated, said Rodriguez.

No one was injured, said Rodriguez. The building was "new construction,'' she said.

“I don’t see any fire but I see a lot of smoke,’’ Doris Wilson, the doorperson at 360 E. Randolph St., which is next door, said. "There are a lot of fire trucks,’’ she said.

Police were notified of the fire about 3:30 p.m., according to Central District Lt. Anthony Liace.

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340owners

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/7080/fire004bz3.jpg
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/2310/fire001pg8.jpg
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/4668/fire002pv5.jpg

Lovely updates spyguy!:banana:
OTP 340 is my currently favorite UC that is almost complete:lol: Can't wait to see the rest of LSE project grown!:cheers:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/122214,110206fire.article

Downtown high-rise blaze contained

November 2, 2006
FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS

A temporary heating unit on the 26th floor of 62-floor high-rise under construction sparked a blaze downtown Thursday afternoon.

A still and box and an EMS Plan 1 were called for the fire, 340 E. Randolph St., at 3:18 p.m., and they were both secured at 3:40 p.m., according to Fire Media Affairs Assistant Director Eve Rodriguez. The entire building, which only had construction workers inside, was evacuated, said Rodriguez.

No one was injured, said Rodriguez. The building was "new construction,'' she said.

“I don’t see any fire but I see a lot of smoke,’’ Doris Wilson, the doorperson at 360 E. Randolph St., which is next door, said. "There are a lot of fire trucks,’’ she said.

Police were notified of the fire about 3:30 p.m., according to Central District Lt. Anthony Liace.

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340owners

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/7080/fire004bz3.jpg
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/2310/fire001pg8.jpg
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/4668/fire002pv5.jpg

Might be the cold that spark the fire:lol: It looks ok, just ned to replace the facde near the smoky hole, hope everything back to normal!

The tower crane is coming down

Pic by Chicagotom
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8460/dscn2547kt9.jpg

Mysterious fellow on Aqua's site
Not much to report - no idea what this guy in a suit was doing he collected a bag full of soil
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/Mansmith_2006/Spire/DSCN2549.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/Mansmith_2006/Spire/DSCN2548.jpg

^^
Nice updates!

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/Mansmith_2006/DSCN2171.jpg
LSE is getting extremely dense and vertical! Yet there are still few more supertalls like Aqua..ect to be build...:runaway:

Image at night
http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/7806/301312914250f30be6bbso9.jpg
teddd

As you can see, Chandler has really grown taller. Regatta is still not finished, 340 is TO, Tides is still progressing nicely but still short.

Awesome update by pherek on SSP:

340OTP:
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/1483/img1082ry3.jpg
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7443/img1127yb3.jpg
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3991/img1135eb3.jpg

Tides:
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2117/img1128nm3.jpg
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/6296/img1134tc0.jpg

Chandler - only about 6 or so floors left:
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1420/img1129ng9.jpg
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1166/img1133ob3.jpg

:bow:
Lakeshore East projects, Chicago loop projects and central station project all in one on 11/26!:)
Scoll----------------------->
http://static.flickr.com/116/306652832_da0b86347e_o.jpg

Construction workers hard at work!:bow:
http://static.flickr.com/114/303673758_9ef89d9579_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/114/303673708_d96d8a003f_b.jpg

The finishers, laborers, and iron workers resting before the concrete starts
http://static.flickr.com/105/303673594_7223f301aa_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/99/303673572_bad5cfda02_b.jpg

The finished 13th floor deck.
http://static.flickr.com/111/303673680_f91f326b56_b.jpg

Column and beam puddling with high strength concrete with the crane. They placed with the pump and the crane at the same time.
http://static.flickr.com/113/303673619_c63ffe0ff5_b.jpg

Thanks for the shot guys!:)
http://static.flickr.com/115/303673803_423c2fb73a_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/115/308873747_c0f77dba6b_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/108/308873877_9b29663bb1_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/120/308873967_4fc506b601_b.jpg

A couple more from yesterday by SolarWind

A couple more from today:

The Tides
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5540/p1010205bb5.jpg

Aqua
December 7, 2006

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/5395/p1010203qo1.jpg

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/632/p1010202nd2.jpg

Some aerial perspectives of LSE!:)
http://static.flickr.com/115/308873747_c0f77dba6b_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/108/308873877_9b29663bb1_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/120/308873967_4fc506b601_b.jpg

OTP 340 and LSE
http://static.flickr.com/100/302364766_727fbf3b53_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/121/308063277_fe94a1c206_b.jpg

OTP 340 @ nite:drool:
http://static.flickr.com/105/303277128_09d62f1256_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/120/309135969_dbb0c67230_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/111/310815761_f4d0f75647_b.jpg

Some more LSE updates:
http://static.flickr.com/119/296416819_09415816ed_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/113/293038008_96b23f2bd4_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/116/296211188_e648a7e35e_b.jpg

the last pic looks like a videogame.

:shocked:

the last pic looks like a videogame.


I thought exactly the same when I saw the picture !

Awesome Skyline shots there! :) The new developement is totally good for the Chicago skyline!

Stunning Pics!!

That last pic... :eek:

Does any one know the totaly cost of damages casused by the fire a few weeks ago?

^^
Why do you want to know?:)

Couple more LSE updates:

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http://static.flickr.com/100/302364766_727fbf3b53_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/104/298339905_544bc6d406_b.jpg

Aerial update on LSE:
http://static.flickr.com/139/322146710_67d53eb669_b.jpg

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http://static.flickr.com/120/306024071_6d40e62451_o.jpg

340 On the Park

Construction Update.Pics taked by me:

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/9349/imagem002xi3.jpg

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/2909/imagem103nb1.jpg

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/2523/imagem109uh0.jpg

Looks great Thanks!

Great updates by Monkey36 on SSP:

340OTP and Tides
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4926/340tidesmj8.jpg

Chandler and Regatta
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/1341/regattachandlerrz9.jpg

Chandler facade
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3914/chandlermg5.jpg

Aqua
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3569/aqua1jb3.jpg
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/3453/aqua3uo9.jpg
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/7660/aqua2vp3.jpg

^^ can't wait to see Aqua rise

I must say we Chicagoans are very fortunite to have several great buildings like Aqua, Chandler, Trump Tower, Waterview, and Lake Shore East under construction. We have really seen a huge skyscraper boom these last few years... I love it!

January 12, 2007

The Tides
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/6721/dsc0225copyrg4.jpg

The Chandler
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8922/dsc0229copybz7.jpg

the tides seem to be going up pretty good, thanks for the update Retrograde

January 26, 2007

The Tides
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/9093/dsc0455copyao5.jpg

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/497/dsc0450copyks3.jpg

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8765/dsc0456copyrp7.jpg

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/9286/dsc0445copyhp7.jpg