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Really like the new proposed hotel next to the Sears. Offers a nice contrast to the stark lines/colors of Sears and presents itself at once as Sears' whimsical sidekick but also has the architecutral presence/gravity to stand alone (it's Kazoo and Dr. Watson all at once).
There's really not a lot of "there" in the SW Loop. This tower could help change that. |
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CHICAGO | Sears Tower Hotel | 50 FLOORS | Pro
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Floor count: 50 Cost: $225 Million Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Developer: 233 S. Wacker Drive, LLC Quote:
Video Renderings: http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9...ldingandho.jpg http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5876/11444418.jpg http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/692/66805213.jpg http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/707/40875294.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/2083/79707791.jpg http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/235/25148033.jpg http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/2829/93347850.jpg http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7882/97624150.jpg http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/7313/80623868.jpg Renderings from the Video: http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/5952/32715637.jpg http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2844/82516501.jpg http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1500/59205937.jpg http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2104/18135113.jpg http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/3117/91141317.jpg http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9614/91812095.jpg http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5051/15189992.jpg http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/7052/79912247.jpg |
That proposed hotel has to be one of the skinniest buildings I've ever seen! Overall this project and redevelopment looks facinating!
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I like the building, but does not look too good so close to the Sears Tower.
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If the hotel and base get built as depicted in the rendering, then I'd be very, very pleased. However, if it get's VE'd at all, I would have a problem with it.
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we already have an ongoing thread for the sears tower in the buildings and architecture forum.
link: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=153704 this thread can be used for discussing the new hotel proposed for the sears tower site. |
I suppose this could be considered one of those exception to the rule cases where a less than 700' project is interesting enough to warrant it's own thread perhaps.
And on a sidenote if the Sears Tower ever went into reconstruction status then it would warrant having a new thread in P&C, and this project can be hacked along with it. |
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^ I wouldn't support an exception, honestly. maybe once it gets funding and/or is under construction. but take all mention of sears out of the thread at least. obviously it's right next to sears
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As long as the black color facade stays then I am for it.
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I just don't get the hotel next to the Sears tower. Chicago isn't Tokyo... there is room. There are parking lots in the area, even. It's a nice enough looking building but in that location, it looks like the Sears tower growing a wart.
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The Sears Tower is one of the older, Modernist towers on Wacker Drive, probably Chicago's hottest office corridor, but it has lost out on much of the leasing action during the last boom. It is a huge dinosaur of a building that was built for a tremendous company that vacated it soon after completion, leaving a vacuum that has never been filled. It has floorplates larger than any other building in Chicago, and obviously it is also the tallest building in the city, so even the signing of large firms doesn't make much of a dent in the unusually-high vacancy rate. Look at Willis. Sears is so desperate for tenants that they are even willing to sell naming rights. Willis is only renting 150,000 square ft - just 4% of the building. There has not been a comprehensive renovation of the property since it opened. Renovations have focused on lobby, retail, and plaza areas, but much of the HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and telecom lines are outdated. Many businesses also see a move to Sears Tower today as a bad idea. It subsumes their corporate identity into something monolithic, unapproachable, and expressionless. At the same time, it seems too conspicuously insecure - as if the business has something to prove by moving to the city's most famous and tallest building. Ernst & Young, for example, which occupies 387,000 sq. ft in Sears - 10% of the building - is moving out to anchor their own tower, 155 N Wacker. They will use 40% of the building, essentially making it "theirs" in a way that Sears can never be. Building management is increasingly desperate as their property lags far behind even in the city's hottest office submarket. Hence, they are turning to dramatic measures like LEED Gold certification, a complete revamp of the tenant spaces, and the addition of this hotel, to give the building an appeal beyond its one-dimensional iconic value. |
^ ardecila, well said regarding your Sears Tower post. And access to a giant hotel having an indoor connection will appeal to many businesses too.
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This is a fascinating idea. A couple of things in the article surprised me since I am not in Chicago and don't follow news there that close:
The Sears Tower is going to be renamed the Willis Tower? They were considering painting it silver? They are going to be able to reduce energy consumption by 80 percent? All in all, very interesting proposal. I hope it goes through. The design is meh and I agree that it doesn't need to be so close to the Sears, but those are small nits for me to be picking at. |
I loves it! Chicago is going crazy with their 'green buildings'.
It is too bad that it is crammed into such a small space, tho. It won't have the exposure it would elsewhere in Chicago's skyline because of the overbearing presence of the Sears. Still very attractive, nonetheless. |
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