CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 46

emathias · #**901** Posted **Oct 3, 2015, 3:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by sloop.chi

What is the drawing of the building along Wabash before Roosevelt?

And why doesn't it include the 1300-something building on Michigan?

chicagoisepic · #**902** Posted **Oct 3, 2015, 10:29 PM**

Today
9th and State

munchymunch · #**903** Posted **Oct 4, 2015, 4:22 PM**

October 03, 2015
Big boys to change Chicago's skyline
By RYAN ORI

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Chicago's skyline could be dramatically redrawn in the next few years, as developers have unveiled plans for six towers that would rank among the 20 tallest in the city.

“I think this signals the very start,” Antony Wood, executive director of the Council on Tall Buildings, says of the construction cycle in Chicago. “If Chicago even echoes a quarter of what's happening in New York, Chicago's got maybe 10 more of these projects coming.”

In Chicago, a near doubling in downtown land values over the past three years is one of several factors leading some to aim higher, says David Hendrickson, a managing director at Chicago-based brokerage Jones Lang LaSalle who helps developers raise debt and equity.

“You go tall to spread the cost over more units,” Hendrickson says. “You go tall to get better views and therefore higher rents or higher sales. They go hand in hand.”

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Nearby, Chicago-based Magellan Development Group is partnering with Chinese investor Wanda Group on the 93-story, 1,144-foot-tall Vista Tower in the Lakeshore East development between Michigan Avenue and Lake Michigan. They plan to begin work on the triple-tower building, which will include a hotel and condos, next summer. It will take about four and a half years to build what would become Chicago's third-tallest building, says David Carlins, Magellan's president.

Construction of buildings 60 stories or taller requires deeper caissons and added structural features to account for wind sway and the absorption of vibrations, which add several million dollars to the cost, Carlins says. He declines to give the projected cost of the Vista project.

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“Foreign capital is attracted to taller buildings and more iconic architecture,” Carlins says. “An international investor wouldn't come to Chicago to build a 35-story building. They're coming here to make a statement and expand their brand.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/artic...icagos-skyline

I don't believe this will echo what's happening in New York. I just can't see that happening

SolarWind · #**904** Posted **Oct 5, 2015, 12:41 AM**

September 30, 2015

Completed earlier this year.

SolarWind · #**905** Posted **Oct 5, 2015, 12:41 AM**

September 30, 2015

gallo · #**906** Posted **Oct 5, 2015, 3:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by gallo

I felt the same way looking at streetview, but I walked over there this morning to take a look and the current buildings are in rough shape, not particularly attractive and don't contribute a whole lot to the streetscape since they're set back and have a driveway separating them. After seeing the site in person, I'm good with higher density redevelopment. Mitigating the parking deck on the first 3 stories will be the key to this one. Unfortunately there is no alley so a garage door takes up about 40% of the front facade.

Here's the visuals on 450-454 W Belmont. 95 units / 52 spaces / 179'

Source: 44th Ward

Near North Resident · #**907** Posted **Oct 5, 2015, 4:02 PM**

saw some wrecking equipment in the Ed Debevics parking lot today!!!

BVictor1 · #**908** Posted **Oct 5, 2015, 4:09 PM**

901 W. Weed Street

[Rendering: RTKL]

Near North Resident · #**909** Posted **Oct 5, 2015, 4:09 PM**

slideshow presentation of the 460 W. Chicago (cleveland & Chicago) proposed tower here

http://www.connectnearnorth.org/uplo...n_9_28_15d.pdf

meh but such a huge improvement for the area, don't really care nobody will notice it in a few years

Randomguy34 · #**910** Posted **Oct 5, 2015, 4:20 PM**

As much as I like the tower, I can already see the cars in the rendering and the podium is certainly not small. This is not a good sign for the amount of cars this project will have.

ChickeNES · #**911** Posted **Oct 5, 2015, 4:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by Near North Resident

saw some wrecking equipment in the Ed Debevics parking lot today!!!

Damn they are moving fast, the restaurant closed yesterday.

Jibba · #**912** Posted **Oct 5, 2015, 4:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by gallo

Here's the visuals on 450-454 W Belmont.

Blessedly understated. Those wall-hanging lanterns are idiotic, but whatever--that's how they attempt to win over the neighborhood, I guess.

marothisu · #**913** Posted **Oct 5, 2015, 7:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by ChickeNES

Damn they are moving fast, the restaurant closed yesterday.

There was a blurb in an article about something else last week or so saying they want to break ground and start construction basically in 4 weeks from now. So - early November if everything goes to plan for them.

midwestcityfan · #**914** Posted **Oct 5, 2015, 9:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

article in tribune about south loop boom mentions a height figure of 515' for 800 S Michigan (essex inn addition). I hadn't seen a height figure for that one yet, just floor count.

Mr. D also has some "choice" quotes in there too (OMFG!!!!! shadows!!!!! we're all gonna die!!!!!).

additionally, the article mentions that 1000 S Michigan would be the city's 6th tallest, but, if built today, it would actually be the city's 5th tallest. maybe they're assuming wanda vista is already in the bag? (never a good assumption in this town).

full article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...002-story.html

Great article, but it also brings up the many hurdles these proposals face in getting final approval. Additionally, a lot of the comments to the article on the Tribune website seem particularly NIMBYish and negative.

With all that in mind, I'd like to ask you Chicagoans as an outsider, what do you think the odds are these South Loop proposals are actually completed with their currently suggested heights and designs intact? Specifically, it seems 1000 S Michigan may be the most susceptible to cuts and pushback.

pip · #**915** Posted **Oct 5, 2015, 9:34 PM**

to see a tag for chicago in skyscraperpage such as forum.skyscraperpage.com/?tag=chicago

what is the link?

XIII · #**916** Posted **Oct 5, 2015, 9:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by pip

to see a tag for chicago in skyscraperpage such as forum.skyscraperpage.com/?tag=chicago

what is the link?

Is this what you are looking for?
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/tags.php?tag=chicago

pip · #**917** Posted **Oct 5, 2015, 9:58 PM**

Yup Thanks!!

munchymunch · #**918** Posted **Oct 6, 2015, 4:31 AM**

Saw on CBS tonight a story about all the new buildings, I don't know about you guys but I always enjoy seeing skyscrapers on TV.

Randomguy34 · #**919** Posted **Oct 6, 2015, 4:53 AM**

^ Found the story you were talking about. (http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/10/...o-new-heights/) It's crazy to think there are now about 70 proposed projects for Chicago, not including the ones under construction.

BVictor1 · #**920** Posted **Oct 6, 2015, 4:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by munchymunch

Saw on CBS tonight a story about all the new buildings, I don't know about you guys but I always enjoy seeing skyscrapers on TV.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/10/...o-new-heights/