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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
I know someone who's going to be absolutely crushed by this news.
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Not sure if this is directed at me since I'm known for liking height (hey, it's a skyscraper forum), but not really simply on the basis that it's not particularly surprising, most optimism I've ever had around Chicago's projects (or any city in the USA outside NYC) was mostly just wishful thinking. Deep down I know most projects will either never happen or get VE'd. Although we do get lucky here and there.
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The 2018 article reminds us that Parcel I was originally proposed to be 875 feet with 80 stories. After adding 5 stores, the height increased by 75 feet to 950 feet. Removing 12 floors could well bring the height to <800 feet.
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It would be around 800 feet with 73 floors but I don't get why they wouldn't take advantage of the full 85, especially on a site like this which is one of the last major parcels next to the lake.
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Some third-hand intel nuggets, so take them with a grain of salt:
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Where did you hear this, why take with a grain of salt?
On a positive note it would continue Chicago's streak of ~800 foot buildings when 400LSD is done.
800 footers are kind of short though, not terrible especially in large quantity but more ambition would be nice.
I'm mostly worried about how VE'd the design will be. It's a really nice looking building.