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#1 · (Edited)
Height: 349m (1144ft)
Floors: 93
Location: 375 E Wacker
Architect: Jeanne Gang(studio gang)
Developer: Magellan Development Group, and Wanda Group

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Chinese property conglomerate Wanda Group plans to invest $900 million in building an 89-story five-star hotel and apartment complex in Chicago, news portal chinanews.com reported Tuesday.
The 350-meter-high building, located near Chicago's Millennium Park, will start being built this year and is expected to open to visitors in 2018 and will become the third-highest building in the city, according to the report.
http://english.sina.com/business/p/2014/0708/716632.html
 
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#74 ·
According to the news article in the first post, it will "start being built this year" with a tentative completion date of before 2020.

Of course, these things never finish on time so hopefully it'll be done by the year 2525.

At least the financing looks good so there won't be years wasted just rounding up the funds to begin construction (looking at you Silverstein)
 
#76 ·
To me, atmosphere, design, and skyline impact effect the perceived height greatly. For instance, the Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta, is not outstandingly tall at 1023ft. , but in the context of Atlanta's skyline, it feels much taller than the Chrysler Building does in the context of NYC's skyline at 1046ft.
The numbers are off course important, but their results in the skyline are more important. I think an 1150ft. building such as this will certainly not be Chicago's new icon, but having seen Chicago's skyline, there is no way that a bulky unique design like this wouldn't be at least a nice new highlight for the city.
 
#83 · (Edited)
The facade texturing in the rendering isn't as realistic looking as it could be, but the real thing could be quite interesting if the idea is to use two colors of glass about like what's on One57 in NYC. I can't quite decide if the more silvery vertical strips are supposed to be highly reflective glass, or supposed to be shiny metal panels. I would think glass, but I may be wrong.
 
#86 ·
Speculation

This project is getting shaddy-er by the day, wanda has taken down there initial release from there page. There original post was less then legitimate calling Chicago the second largest-city.

It also seems that there is a large amount of mis-comunication. This took gang, magellan, reilly, and chicago of gaurds. This will not set well with Reilly who has a history of destroying projects in this ward.

Gang, and Magellan have still not said anything for a couple weeks after it has been announced nobody legit is comifirming anything. The whole thing looks strange, and un-relable. ( not to mention someone at spp said they saw the same desgins at bKL architecture not gang)
 
#87 ·
This project is getting shaddy-er by the day, wanda has taken down there initial release from there page. There original post was less then legitimate calling Chicago the second largest-city.

It also seems that there is a large amount of mis-comunication. This took gang, magellan, reilly, and chicago of gaurds. This will not set well with Reilly who has a history of destroying projects in this ward.

Gang, and Magellan have still not said anything for a couple weeks after it has been announced nobody legit is comifirming anything. The whole thing looks strange, and un-relable. ( not to mention someone at spp said they saw the same desgins at bKL architecture not gang)
Yeah, the whole thing reads like a miscommunication but the site stands ready for something significant, whoever gets the commission.

On another note, Howard Hughes has just taken possession of the General Growth Properties building along the river at 110 N. Upper Wacker. That site could easily yield up a supertall. ;)
 
#88 · (Edited)
^^^

Zoning calls for 600,000 sf building or so thats fairly small if you want to build a supertall. You need to x3 that if want to get close to a supertall, so this depends on how much the developer wants to spend on the city (which increases zoning). Anyways the building wont be vacant until 2019, unless they can strike a deal such as, pay for new office space somewhere else, and giving then a cheap price for space in a possibly new building.

But news regarding the the design zoning, tentants etc. may come out in a couple years. I would expect nothing less then a 700 footer at this site, and come 5 years this tower will go up right when general growth vacates, because most likely they will have ther shit together.
 
#90 ·
Baby Steps

McHugh Construction has begun very early, very preliminary, embryonic work on the Wanda Tower. It’s recently become active in the space that was formerly the staging area for the first phase of the two-building GEMS Academy. The work appears to be a utility survey, which makes sense since you can’t build up until you get down, and get funky, with what’s underground. And Lakeshore East has some of the funkiest loam in Chicagoland.

Well, it’s because of Loop Spy Scott, who sent in photos, not only of the work being done, but of the signs posted around the site. Signs that helpfully, and very clearly, identify this as work on “Building C.” Building C is the urban planning codeword for the Wanda Tower. And if you’re looking for building permits, you won’t find any. That’s because this work has been classified as street work, so the permits are over at the Department of Transportation, where no skyscraper enthusiast would think to dig for them.

http://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2014/09/29/a-ditch-called-wanda-early-signs-that-chicagos-next-supertall-tower-isnt-just-a-paper-tiger/

This tower is going to look amazing.
 
#103 ·
LSE usually isn't considered part of the loop. Either way the parking makes sense this building's footprint is surrounded on all sides up to about 3-4 stories with no opportunity for windows (Wacker drive to the north has 3 full above ground levels of roadway) and the building will have basically direct access to Lake Shore Drive and a luxury hotel component.
 
#104 ·
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-jeanne-gang-building-1217-biz-20141216-story.html

Chinese developer plans tower designed by Jeanne Gang of Aqua fame
By Kathy Bergen


Chicago officials are expected to announce this week that a Chinese developer is moving ahead with plans for an 89-story riverfront residential and hotel tower, to be designed by Chicago architect Jeanne Gang, according to sources close to the deal.

Beijing-based Wanda Group reportedly plans to invest $900 million in the project, which is likely to house an ultra-luxurious hotel, insiders say. For Chicagoans, it is the splashiest of deals being highlighted this week as U.S.-China trade talks get started here.
 
#105 ·
That Studio Gang-Designed Supertall Just Got Way More Real

Back in July, Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group announced via a simple press release their intentions to build a 1,000+ foot supertall tower in Lakeshore East. However, nobody in the United States, let alone in Chicago, could say a word about the project on the record, so despite having a name, a design render, and pretty solid evidence of who designed it, the Wanda tower had to remain an unconfirmed rumor. That changes today, however, as the Chicago Tribune has reported that the tower is indeed a reality and confirms that local starchitect Jeanne Gang is indeed the designer behind it.

Technically, the Tribune only reports that the building will be announced later this week, but for a project that's only been spoken about in assumptions and hunches, this is a major confirmation that the 89 floor skyscraper isn't just a fantasy. According to the Tribune, the entire cost of the three-tower structure is unknown, but Wanda will be kicking in $900 million to help cover it. With the current design at 1,148 feet, this tower would become the third tallest in Chicago, and with its prominent location along the main branch of the river and so near the lakefront the building would likely become an iconic part of our city's skyline, as evidenced in these renderings we published showing how the building would be visible throughout town.

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