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Chicago currently under construction or just recently topped off:
1) River Point | 45 floors | 650 ft
2) 435 North Park | 54 floors | 635 ft
3) Waterview Tower | 59 floors | 630 ft
4) AMLI River North | 49 floors | 543 ft
5) 500 N Lakeshore | 47 floors | 497 ft
6) Summit on Lake | 42 floors | 470 ft
7) Coast at Lakeshore East| 46 floors | 464 ft
8) Hubbard Place | 45 floors | 449 ft
9) Optima Center | 42 floors | 442 ft
10) K2 | 34 floors | 366 ft
11) The Catalyst | 21 floors | 210-235 ft?
12) Halsted Flats | 15 floors | 150-175 ft?
13) Harper Court | 12 floors | 120-145 ft?
14) "Tower of Pizza Hut" | 11 floors | 110 - 125 ft?
Other smaller ones.
Legitimate Proposals:
* Wolf Point Tower 1 | 900 feet
* 601-625 W Adams | 75 stories | 750-775 ft?
* Wolf Point Tower 2 | 700 feet
* Wolf Point Tower 3 | 500 feet (construction to start not too far into the future maybe)
* Sterling Bay Condos | 52 stories | 520-545 feet?
* One South Halsted | 48 Stories | 480-500+ feet?
* "Tower of Jewel" | 40 stories | 400-425 feet?
* Loyola Rental Tower | 35 Stories | 350-375 feet?
* 765 W Adams | 33 stories | 330 - 365 ft?
* Maryville Building #1 | 25 stories | 250 - 275 ft?
* 1333 S Wabash | 25 stories | 250 - 275 ft?
* 4-8 E Huron | 20 stories | 200 - 225 ft?
And many more I'm not listing
That big Post Office Redevelopment plan has had some more news also.
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If approved by the City of Chicago, the project would turn the 2.7-million-square-foot hulk of a building into a bustling hub of activity.
The latest version of the plan was made public tonight (April 9, 2013) by Architect Joe Antunovich of Antunovich and Associates. The cost of the mixed-use development could run as high as $1.5 billion for the first phase alone.
The fix-up is planned for two phases. The first will concentrate on the old Post Office building, and the Holiday Inn at 506 West Harrison Street. The latter building would be demolished to make way for a parking structure with direct access to the CTA’s Clinton Blue Line platform.
From the parking structure (to the west of the Post Office building) walkways over six levels would connect directly to the old building. The Post Office would be completely renovated, including the grand lobby. When finished it will offer access to 800,000 square feet of retail space.
The retail space will continue on the east of the building and run directly along the river, meeting the city’s holdback frontage requirements. Above the retail space in the old building will be four levels of parking, with residential units on the top floors. The building will be LEED-certified and include green space on the roof.
“We’ll have access from the retail space extending out to the river and a winter garden at either end of the main building at the Harrison and Van Buren sides,” Antunovich said.
Rising from the east side of the Post Office building will be a 1,000-foot-high, 100-story tower.
Phase two, planned for a future date, would include two additional towers, with one rising up to the maximum height allowed by federal regulations — 2,000-feet. That would make the nearby Willis Tower the second-tallest skyscraper in town. The second phase would add 3,500 residential units, 1.5 million square feet of office space and 920 hotel rooms.
Still a good ways away from anything right now, but a re-do of the orignal proposal does have some positive news to it. The entire project if all phases are approved would have 3 towers, 2 of which are 610m - 2000ft | 305m - 1000ft - 100 fl
Still a good ways away from anything right now, but a re-do of the orignal proposal does have some positive news to it. The entire project if all phases are approved would have 3 towers, 2 of which are 610m - 2000ft | 305m - 1000ft - 100 fl
It can go one of two ways and it depends on which camp it impresses more before the change to after.
Originally it was 7 buildings, 4 were to be 60 stories, 2 were to be 80 stories, and one 120 story super-tall.
I see they made it to where it's 3 super-talls now rather than one but they eliminated 4 buildings out of their plan in the process. Personally Chicago has a large skyline already so butchering 4 buildings out is cool with me because I'm more of a height fanatic than all else. The project in it's present state is clearly better in my opinion. 60 story buildings do little to nothing in standing out in Chicago's skyline and the extra space they towers not being built leave behind will open it up to future stuff be it a CVS or a full blown super-tall.
Mind-blowing though that the Sears Tower is going to take a backseat to not one but rather two taller buildings if this pans out.
You are correct but the Miami area ranks 3rd. in the US in terms of highrises after NYC & Chicago. Emporis estimated the amount of highrises to number over 1200+ in the metro area.
Interesting. The list didn't include proposals did it? I thought Emporis was only city wide, not MSA..
Anyway, I thought Houston was third. In any case..the skyline of Chicago is much bigger, and if you've never been here recently, you might be surprised on how far the high rises actually extend. When I just recently came back from vacation, I did one of those airport shuttles back and two women from Connecticut in the NYC area were in the shuttle with me. One had never been here and was really, really surprised at just how big the skyline is and actually asked a (dumb) question to her friend if Chicago and NYC were close in population.
60 story buildings do little to nothing in standing out in Chicago's skyline and the extra space they towers not being built leave behind will open it up to future stuff be it a CVS or a full blown super-tall.
Mind-blowing though that the Sears Tower is going to take a backseat to not one but rather two taller buildings if this pans out.
I half disagree and it really depends on where they place them. I do think a NORMAL 60 story building placed where everything else is...would definitely not do a lot to it from afar. Although if you place it along the river where it meets the lake (within a half mile), and you are on the river, then it definitely adds to the skyline.
For example, the building shown here with the red crane will be 630 feet
It is to look like this though and I think depending on where you are, will definitely add to the skyline. If you are on the expressway, you might only get small glimpses of it, but at the street level and along the river, it will definitely make an impact. http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/im...WXRGPHB6R6.jpg
Although it looks pretty full in the beginning here, more buildings are being added along the river area or within a few blocks of it. I believe 2 buildings near it were just recently topped out (both 500 feet or more) and I know for a fact there's at least a small handful of other lots that are either surface parking lots or empty that can hold more
Where that post office though, IF they made the tower(s) with a great design, then it would still stand out. From a nearer level, there are still areas where you can place it to make it stand out. Although from Lincoln Park all the way north to say East Rogers Park have high rises along the lake, you could place it anywhere there with a modern design and it would stand out too. With the exception of the new Lincoln Park 2550 building (442 feet...and a more vintage design), there has not been really any new high rises since the 80s up there and it would stand out there too.
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As much as Miami had boomed in the last decade, it is still no match for Chicago's skyline. The biggest drawback for Miami's skyline is that it lacks any truly iconic towers. There's nothing that really stands out either in height or architecturally.
Miami's buildings stand-out at night. Buildings that seem kinda mediocre and mundane in the daytime, light-up pretty well, with there multi-colored light-shows at night and draw attention.
As much as Miami had boomed in the last decade, it is still no match for Chicago's skyline. The biggest drawback for Miami's skyline is that it lacks any truly iconic towers. There's nothing that really stands out either in height or architecturally.
I think a lot of people also don't realize that Chicago put up 204 highrises from 2000 to 2012 that are 12 stories or taller, and another 18 are currently under construction with 38 in planning.
Almost 100 of those are over 300 feet, which is pretty tall for most cities around the country. 20 of them are over 600 feet.
I kinda rolll my eyes when I keep hearing people saying "Chicago is the next Detroit". Chicago has problems, but if it's going to become another Detroit you'd at least have to slow down the billions in development that goes on around the city and the constant construction in many of the most popular areas that are still chugging along just fine.
I think a lot of people also don't realize that Chicago put up 204 highrises from 2000 to 2012 that are 12 stories or taller, and another 18 are currently under construction with 38 in planning.
Almost 100 of those are over 300 feet, which is pretty tall for most cities around the country. 20 of them are over 600 feet.
I kinda rolll my eyes when I keep hearing people saying "Chicago is the next Detroit". Chicago has problems, but if it's going to become another Detroit you'd at least have to slow down the billions in development that goes on around the city and the constant construction in many of the most popular areas that are still chugging along just fine.
I was in no way implying that Chicago hasn't been building. Its just that literally the majority of Miami's skyline has been built rather recently which makes the boom in that city truly phenomenal. Prior to that Miami's skyline was typical of any decent sized oceanside city.
What's new with Chicago and Miami for building proposals and buildings under construction?
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