Height:
Floor count: 26
Location: South Jefferson and West Monroe
Neighborhood: Near West Side (West Loop)
Construction end:
Architect: DeStefano + Partners, Ltd.
Developer: Fifield Realty Co.

Website (http://www.fifieldco.com/index_s.html)

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Previous renderings:
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/9886/monroe1qu1.jpg
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5976/monroe2sr0.jpg
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/8259/monroe3tl1.jpg
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2682/monroe4kz9.jpg
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2365/monroe5is9.jpg

^ Wow! So what's the story behind this thing?

This is old. It still hasn't come before the plan commission yet. At least I don't believe that it has.

Yea, its been proposed for a year maybe. Its a signifgant proposal for the West Loop though. It needs its own thread.

Yea, its been proposed for a year maybe. Its a signifgant proposal for the West Loop though. It needs its own thread.

Not really. I mean there's never any regular news on this one. By this time next week it'll be on page 2.

601 W. Monroe
601 W. Monroe, Chicago, Illinois

601 W. Monroe, a 37-story, 894,000 sq. ft. proposed office building located on the southwest corner of Monroe and Jefferson streets, is one of the last great office sites available in the West Loop.

This location provides unobstructed views and convenience. Just two blocks from the Union Station and the Ogilvie Transportation Center, 601 W. Monroe is walking distance to the train stations and minutes away from the expressways. This premiere site location is adjacent to the City of Chicago's newest park and a planned 6 story, 450 car parking garage. The 63,500 sq. ft. site allows for plenty of design flexibility, with the capacity to develop anywhere from 400,000 sq. ft. to 1,000,000 sq. ft.


For leasing information, please contact Tom Saletta with Fifield Companies at 312-424-6209 or tsaletta@fifieldco.com.

Not really. I mean there's never any regular news on this one. By this time next week it'll be on page 2.

There wont be. Its just another West Loop office proposal. But unlike most recent WLoop buildings, this one has height. Its also replacing more surface lots and I think a park is part of this development. It is one of the better West Loop proposals, that is for damn sure.

Lookin good

This premiere site location is adjacent to the City of Chicago's newest park and a planned 6 story, 450 car parking garage.

^ Lets not waste space on bullshit like that

Looks like Fifield updated their website with new images of this project.

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/9886/monroe1qu1.jpg
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5976/monroe2sr0.jpg
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/8259/monroe3tl1.jpg
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2682/monroe4kz9.jpg
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2365/monroe5is9.jpg

Wow, I forgot about this one... Predictions of this one actually going through?
(Believe me I would love to see it, it would help cover up the Presidential Towers from the west, as well as expand the Loop more west also)

The outdoor space is terrific. I'm really pulling for this one!

Yea, I think this would be a great addition to the area and give some much needed height other then the PT. It will also be a nice look framing the Kennedy with some glassy height. I can't tell if that canopy between the two buildings is open air or will be an enclosure. I have a gut feeling that Fifield has the persistance to see this building through, just a feeling.

Since this has come back to life, I think I should post the latest renderings.

601 West Monroe
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7506/601westmonroe1qk1.jpg

625 West Monroe
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http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/664/625westmonroe2np8.jpg

Thanks. What makes you think it's come back to life?

^ There was an article about 2 weeks ago that discussed Fifield buying the site in preparation for a 2-tower office complex

Fifield has closed on the parking lot and they say that they're willing to build the first tower (601 West Monroe) speculatively. If BP decides that they're interested, so much the better.

A May 2008 construction start is planned.

http://www.suntimes.com/business/roeder/1459065,CST-FIN-roeder04.article

A new brush with history
March 4, 2009
DAVID ROEDER

SCRATCHING THE NICHE: Developer Steven Fifield's faith in the West Loop has paid off handsomely. Since 2000, he's put up four office buildings on Clinton or Jefferson streets. Despite the seized-up credit markets, Fifield said he's tantalizingly close to starting a fifth, 26 stories and 406,000 square feet at 601 W. Monroe, the southwest corner of Monroe and Jefferson. DeStefano & Partners designed the building.

Fifield said two insurance firms are willing to fund a $90 million construction loan if he can secure leases for at least 180,000 square feet. That means finding one or two anchor tenants looking for a new home around 2011 and Fifield can break ground this year.
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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz......
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eh? Did somebody say something?

Oh, another squat Fifield office tower.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzz....

I would like to see this happen. All of those parking lots over there need to go. AMA seems like a good fit, it was going to the West Loop anyway. I can't imagine them signing Baker Mckenzie, a big firm like that wouldn't want to be that far from the Loop.

Website (http://www.fifieldco.com/index_s.html)

That Web site has an opening line saying 'urban development should be beautiful and environmental'. I agree. Unfortunately I cannot see that in the projects flashing by. Just another collection of bland buildings seasoned with marketing yadda.

^Indeed. However, I would never expect to see anything exciting that far west of the loop, and as long as we would get 26 stories of occupied, activated space that would kill another lifeless surface parking lot I am unquestionably on board.

^I don't know. I'm tired of all this prime space in the West Loop near Union and Ogilvie being wasted. Fifield especially has been developing all of these little ~18 story buildings along Clinton. I'd also like to see more mixed use towers with office and retail on the bottom floors and residential (or even hotel rooms) on top, sort of like that proposed project on Jefferson. The West Loop feels dead at night and more boutique office buildings aren't going to help.