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Originally Posted by BonoboZill4
Uhhhh... the BCBS building is absolutely massive... It's over 2 million square feet of office space mi amigo. It's half a Sears tower!
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Ya its like this whole little corner of Columbus is so out of proportion that people have trouble grasping it. Your street level is actually 4-5 floors above ground with a massive road network underneath you. BCBS is the small office while Aon is the big one. Aqua adjacent with Vista off in the distance.
It seemed like a ton of units/keys when first announced, but if you go down and stand on the edge of the site you will appreciate how huge it is. Its actually a pretty normal width lot for an apartment building. Its just super deep and maybe because of its neighbors and the fact that you are so far off the ground on Columbus its not as obvious.
Pretty sure Magellan wants to copy their success at Aqua with sharing an over-sized podium amenity deck between hotel and apartments to give everyone a bigger better concept while saving a bunch of operating expenses. There must be a good reason for the deck facing Columbus and not the park, but I am not sure what it is. Maybe you get a view across Grant Park? Edit: So just checking streetview and it should be a really great unobstructed view across Millennium Park to the Michigan Ave street wall