This quote is interesting:
Those sound like those prison cells they use for torture, where they're too small to lie down. Almost seems impossible -- how can you fit in a desk and a chair and also have room to open a door?

Yeah, that is tiny. Doors open outwards probably, but damn. Hopefully the views help make up for it.

Yeah I caught that too. Something doesn't seem right about that.

There is probably a typo in the dimensions, for example perhaps "4-ft 9-in" was supposed to be "7-ft 9-in", although "half the size of a traditional office" is likely correct. If this building's offices were twice their current sizes, it could have been taller than Sears/Willis Tower!

Maybe a sliding door. Or maybe these aren't fully enclosed offices?
I worked on an office build-out 10 years ago that was similarly looking to compact employees since most were on the road half the time anyway. The typical L shaped open office desk fit in about 5'-8"x 7'-0" The client experimented with in some places making offices in the same size but determined even with glass from 42" to the ceiling that they felt too claustrophobic, and increased the smallest enclosed offices to 7'-8" square. I am having a hard time imaging working in a 4'-9" square box.

I would consider "typical office" to be 100sf. As pianowizard says, half that size would be more like 7 foot square.

Maybe the offices were 9' 6" square and the author just 'halved' the linear dimension when he heard they were half size. :shrug:

spotted out on North Ave. Beach pier...

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09.02.22
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I guess enjoy it now before they ruin the top with signage.

I took these yesterday, 9/21/2022. I have to say that it looked disappointingly short in the river view (fourth photo):

https://i.imgur.com/fK2F7jC.jpeg

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^ The setbacks certainly doesn’t help, considering all the new other new office towers along the river look much more imposing.

^ the lack of contrast between the reflective glass of the tower and the white cloudy sky background is also reducing the visual impact of the tower in that particular shot.

Meh, that's purely perspective and distance from the camera. I think it looks great.

The other day, the concave vertical metal panels on the crown caught the morning light just right to reflect into my window. It was dazzling and I regret not snapping an image. Maybe the sun will line up just right again.

Tall buildings really should look tall from any perspective...lol....once you get to that 950ft range angles really don't matter.....it will look tall regardless.... Unfortanlty we couldn't squeezy another 100ft out of this one and to think the opportunity there of doing it with the amount of space that was leased ..could of easily added another 10 floors

Still not too late to add a spire 🤷♂️

Even another 50 ft would have really given Salesforce a much more pronounced and imposing feel. It's still a great tower. But perhaps a wasted opportunity given its location.

yeah its a dud, unfortunately, not as bland as the Ronan tower but considering the site and the height this is the architectural equivalent of warmed over porridge. C-

09.26.22
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Amazing shot

^^ holy crap!

What a shot!

Beautiful shot!!!

Here's some photos from a tour I took earlier this spring.

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Behind the building's mechanical louvres
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https://i.ibb.co/0CXmJV5/9.jpg

Lobby
https://i.ibb.co/f8SqW0D/10.jpg

Suffice to say the tenants are going to have some insane views.

Woah! Thanks for sharing.

(gasps)

A) yeah that's really something

B) thank god One Chicago isn't beige

Suffice to say the Kennedy family just wiped out a classic evening sun-lit view of the best part of Chicago. Well done. Glad the pencil pushers have great view for their 9 to 5 though. Could have easily been a different way.

What would you have proposed, if you don't mind me asking?

The fun thing about that reflection of Mather Tower though is that it was supposed to have a never-built twin at 330 Michigan Avenue, so 300 Michigan now sort of unintentionally completes that vision.

^^^ I learned something today.

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Not that anyone cares, but my opinion on this tower and the whole development hasn't changed much since the height and design was finalized.

It looks great from the street and along the Riverwalk. You don't really see it once you get outside of the CBD. It would have been nice if it was about 100+ feet taller. As it is, this is a vast improvement over the surface parking lot that had stood there for decades. The fact that a very nice development covers up the Apparel Mart is a big, big win. It's an A- development, maybe B+. Criticisms of its shortcomings are warranted, but I'm not going to call this anything less than very nice.

Sigh.

One less building.

But Wolf Point West fooled the kids. Well done Kennedy's. Took one view, sold units. and then slammed those views after sales, Smart. In the mean time hogged the sun.

Awesome.

Don't make it sound like they intentionally misled people. From the start they made it very clear the two buildings left on the site next to WPW were going to be significantly larger...

Mmmk


Three fourths of the people on the east side of that building will now be waking up to Saleforce's finest interns outside their kitchen window. Can we be real here for a sec? Wasn't there a reason they sold those units first? Built that building first. Free and clear of Susan's desk first?

Sold?

I thought WPW was rentals, right?

Has that changed?

If so, when?

Nice, Steely. (I assume your questions are tongue-in-cheek.) WPW is rental, so there is definitely no bait-and-switch situation to see here.

Then I guess they shouldn't have RENTED on the east side of WPW. As has been stated, the programming of the site was laid out from the beginning with the smallest building being WPW. There are no guarantees of an unobstructed view in Chicago unless you are facing a park.

Pretty sure it’s still rental. I looked at a unit in that building before I ultimately decided to buy a place instead years ago. And they had brochures showing the future development before a design was even settled on. It would be impossible to mislead people because the ultimate development scheme was made obvious and was very public. Many residential units look into other residential units and office buildings. Sometimes even hotels. That’s what window blinds are for.

They can move out once their lease is up. It's not like they are prisoners in their building...

Agreed. I thought those were condos. I was wrong. That doesn't change the disappointment of the "programming" I have for this site. I stand by the opinion it could have been done a lot better with better regard to the surrounding area and to the impact it will have on the now near most famous stretch in the city.

Most megaprojects start this way though... the smaller, and inevitably view blocked buildings go up first. Look at LSE, the Shoreham and the Lancaster went up first. They initially had lake views, but that went bye-bye years ago. Central Station as well saved the lots along Roosevelt facing Grant Park for last, and built all the buildings to the south first. Sky55 still has views of the park, but only as long as the lot on Roosevelt and Michigan stays vacant, which won't be forever. Its not like Wolf Point is the only development to follow this playbook. Its not a nefarious plot either, developers want to test the waters first with smaller buildings and then go bolder with the bigger towers once a neighborhood/development has proven itself when it comes to demand and sales, with the signature towers going up last.

September 29, 2022

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09.27.22
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An underrated angle for this whole development.

Agreed. It wasn't too long ago that Riverbend condos towered over everything in the area... now it's barely noticeable.

Love it. Hope to see the day when the Apparel Mart and EBC get torn down and some complementing development links into Wolf Point.

Wait, apparel mart as in merchandise mart? you think that would ever get tore down? Also, I love the footprint of that building. Strong looking.

EMP?