Chicago Skyscrapers - U/C, Proposed, and Approved

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iloveclassicrock7

Discussion Starter · May 10, 2012 (Edited by Moderator)

Chicago Skyscrapers - U/C, Proposed, and Approved

I realized that most people don't know what they are currently building in Chicago, so I made this list

Proposed and U/C Towers 150m+

• 625 W. Monroe - up to 75 floors

• Old Post Office Redevelopment - 600m - 120 floors, 300m - 100 floors, 60 floors

• River Point - 198 meters - 45 floors - U/C

• 435 N Park - 193 meters - 54 floors - U/C

• 111 West Wacker - 192 meters - 59 floors - U/C

• Wolf Point Tower 1 - 290m+ - 80 floors

• Wolf Point Tower 2 - 228 meters + - 60 floors

[No renders available yet]

• Wolf Point Tower 3 - 160 meters - 525 ft - 50 floors

• 400 West Randolph - 213 meters - 50 floors

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Buildings under 150m

• Hubbard Place - 139m - 45 floors - T/O

• 500 N Lake Shore Drive - 142m - 45 FLOORS - T/O

• Coast at Lakeshore East - 130m - 49 floors - Completed

• Optima Center Chicago - U/C

• Lincoln Park 2520 - 141 meters - 39 floors - Completed

• The Ritz-Carlton Residences - 151m - 40 floors - Completed

• Roosevelt Tower - 143m - 32 floors - Completed

• AMLI River North - 161m - 49 floors - T/O

• 73 East Lake - U/C

• K2 at K Station - Completed

• Sono Chicago 2

• The Admiral At The Lake

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Proposals added from SSP - Compiled by i_am_hydrogen

• 601 West Monroe - Cancelled

[project reduced to single tower at 625 W. Monroe]

• 29-39 South Lasalle

• 130 N. Franklin

•[url=_____]465 North Park Drive

• 533 North St. Clair

• Lighthouse at Montrose Harbor

• 535 North St. Clair

• Golub Building (410 East Grand)

• Millennium Park Plaza

• Atrium Village Phase 4 (right)

• Buckingham Phase 2

• Atrium Village Phase 3 (second from right)

• One East Superior

• Golub South Loop Apts

• Atrium Village Phase 2 (second from left)

• 519 South Clinton

• 1035 West Van Buren

• 3660 North LSD

• 735 West Division

• Atrium Village Phase 1 (left)

• 617-627 West Division

• HOM

• Solstice on the Park

• Azure Tower

• 2950 North Sheridan

• Hyatt Place - Clark & Grand Hotels

• East West Student Life Center

• Fairfield Inn & Suites - Clark & Grand Hotels

• Lakeview Station II

• Sheridan-Irving Park Condos

• The Inn at Lincoln Park

• Conservatory Tower

• One South Halsted

• The Andrew

• 171 North Wabash

• Tower of Jewel

• 174 West Randolph

• 191 West Monroe

• 108 North Jefferson

• 2020 South Prairie

• 6400 South Stony Island

• Wacker Plaza

• Parkview East

• 212-232 West Illinois

• Northwestern Outpatient Center

• Union Station

• Catalyst

• City Hyde Park

• Theater District Lofts II

• State-Clark Condos

• 1111 North Halsted – north & south towers

• Huron & Sedgewick

• Aloft Millennium Park

• Quadrangle Tower

• Pure2o

• Illiad

• James Place

• 53rd & Cornell Tower

• 403 North Wabash

• 428 West St. James Place

• 3750 North Halsted

• Bluewater 5440

• Imperial Plaza Hotel

• Marriott Hotel

• 9 West Erie

• 150 North Jefferson

• Grand Station

• Eco18

• Om Center for the Sun

• Freemont Lofts

• Harper Court, Residential Tower

• Parkway Point

• Prairie Blocks

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Extra proposed buildings

• Old Post Office redevelopment - 610m - 120 floors, 80 floors, 60 floors - unapproved

• 29 South LaSalle - 265 meters - 51 floors

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On The Radar:

• 150 N. Riverside plaza - N/A

• Chicago Spire site

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Chicago Skyscraper Map from SSP - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/maps/?cityID=4

Green = U/C
Blue= Proposed

I have missed some proposed buildings, so let me know if I need to add any.

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HomrQT

· #2 · May 10, 2012 (Edited)

Great list! The habitat tower image link appears broken. Also don't forget 73 East Lake.

And K2

And Sono Chicago 2

And The Admiral At The Lake

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iloveclassicrock7

Discussion Starter · #3 · May 10, 2012

I have updated the list. Is there anyway to get this list out in the open, so people can refer to it whenever they need to ? Currently, it seems that some Chicagoan's don't even know what they are building, so I made this list to fix that. But, it seems like this has gone mostly unnoticed, so is there anyway to change that ?

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desertpunk

· #4 · May 10, 2012

Great job! Have you considered starting a Chicago projects thread in WDN? Here's the place: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=905

And proper titling is important!

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tprb52

· #5 · May 11, 2012

Thanks very much for compiling this info

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iloveclassicrock7

Discussion Starter · #6 · May 11, 2012

tprb52 said:
Thanks very much for compiling this info

No problem

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chicagogeorge

· #7 · May 12, 2012

^^

Thanks for all the hard work. We haven't had a thread like this in a long time.

Do we have an updated list of how many towers are under construction and are proposed?

Emporis says 24 under construction and 76 planned
http://www.emporis.com/city/chicago-il-usa

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iloveclassicrock7

Discussion Starter · #8 · May 12, 2012

chicagogeorge said:
^^

Thanks for all the hard work. We haven't had a thread like this in a long time.

Do we have an updated list of how many towers are under construction and are proposed?

Emporis says 24 under construction and 76 planned
http://www.emporis.com/city/chicago-il-usa

Everything on this list is updated. The River Point tower was revived a few weeks ago. I also have heard from someone who works for the firm building 400 W Randolph, and he says they are actively working on it. 375 Wacker, is supposed to be revived once the economy recovers. Clark and wacker's design isn't final, but construction will most likely start this year, and it should be above 200m. They are starting to build in less dense areas too. There are some buildings proposed for near north, west loop, and the south loop. Also Wolf Point renders should come on May 29th. A lot of the people on SSP are expecting the tallest building in the complex to be a supertall! The building will have a roof height of atleast 274 meters, it will most likely have a pinnacle of 300m+ with a spire, and could even possibly have a higher roof height. We should get all the details soon, and it is being designed by Cesar Pelli.

Regarding Emporis, there database is very accurate for completed buildings, but they have missed a lot of proposed and U/C buildings. I would say that there are a lot more buildings proposed and U/C then Emporis has. Here is a map that might help, it is still missing a ton of proposed and U/C buildings too, but it still might help - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/maps/?cityID=4 . It is missing most of the u/c buildings though. The only way to know about all the buildings is to search skyscraper websites, and find them yourself. My list above is composed of 130m buildings and up for the most part.

Thanks for all the hard work

Your welcome. :cheers:

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iloveclassicrock7

Discussion Starter · #9 · May 12, 2012

Just added a massive update, and a new section. The page is about 10 times longer now

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GenericUser

· #10 · May 14, 2012

Clark & Wacker and 375 Wacker look great

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rgolch

· #11 · May 14, 2012

GenericUser said:
Clark & Wacker and 375 Wacker look great

That's probably not the official design anymore for Clark and Wacker. They have been throwing around some new renderings at skyscraperpage, but at this point, we don't have an "official" renderings.

I agree about 375 Wacker (Arquitectonica designed building). The developers (in a curbed.com article months ago) seemed to imply that they were keeping the design of this building, and slating it for the next building boom. Hopefully, it'll start construction in the next several years.

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iloveclassicrock7

Discussion Starter · #12 · May 15, 2012

rgolch said:
That's probably not the official design anymore for Clark and Wacker. They have been throwing around some new renderings at skyscraperpage, but at this point, we don't have an "official" renderings.

I agree about 375 Wacker (Arquitectonica designed building). The developers (in a curbed.com article months ago) seemed to imply that they were keeping the design of this building, and slating it for the next building boom. Hopefully, it'll start construction in the next several years.

Yeah, only question is, is this the beginning of the boom ?

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GenericUser

· #13 · May 15, 2012

iloveclassicrock7 said:
Yeah, only question is, is this the beginning of the boom ?

I hope so! Its long overdue

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rgolch

· #14 · May 15, 2012

iloveclassicrock7 said:
Yeah, only question is, is this the beginning of the boom ?

Unfortunately, I don't think quite yet. I think we are getting close to the end of the apartment mini-boom. As far as the next boom, we are still going to have to run through some unsold condo inventory in existing buildings before a chunk of new building break ground. Current inventories have been going down, according to some sources. But there are still quite a few unsold condos out there at the present moment. I would bet we are at least two years out.

For the record, I don't work in the real estate business. I'm just spitting out things I've read. Anyone else with more knowledge is more than welcome to lend an opinion.

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skobabe8

· #15 · May 15, 2012

Ahhh....memories...

I put money down on the loft portion of '2100' in 2007 and the money was returned to me (thankfully) after the developer fled the country in 2008. That one aint happenin.

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iloveclassicrock7

Discussion Starter · #16 · May 15, 2012

skobabe8 said:
Ahhh....memories...

I put money down on the loft portion of '2100' in 2007 and the money was returned to me (thankfully) after the developer fled the country in 2008. That one aint happenin.

It has been removed.

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iloveclassicrock7

Discussion Starter · #17 · May 16, 2012

Incredible NEWS!

About to break ground! :banana: :banana: :banana: :cheers:

Thank You Chicago_Forever from SSP for finding this!

According to Crains Chicago, Financing is in place and Hines is preparing to break ground.

Hines set to kick off 45-story office tower

By: Ryan OriMay 15, 2012

A rendering of the planned River Point tower on the Chicago River. Design and tower rendering: Pickard Chilton. Photography and context rendering: ImageFiction

(Crain's) — Hines Interests L.P. is preparing to break ground on a 45-story office tower on Chicago River without lining up tenants in advance, the first so-called spec office development in downtown Chicago in 14 years.

Read more: http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.co...#ixzz1uzR0rjGP
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GenericUser

· #18 · May 16, 2012

iloveclassicrock7 said:
Incredible NEWS!

About to break ground! :banana: :banana: :banana: :cheers:

Thank You Chicago_Forever from SSP for finding this!

That is great news! The link doesn't work though

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