CHICAGO | 375 East Wacker (Arquitectonica Tower) | 840 FT / 256 M | 76 FLOORS | PRO
http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...i-business-utl
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5...cacolorno4.jpg http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7...argeshpgo6.jpg INSIDE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE Unique opening planned for Lakeshore East mixed-use building BY SUSAN DIESENHOUSE Published May 9, 2007 A $400-million, 76-story mixed-use tower is being planned for Lakeshore East by Magellan Development LLC. The striking design by Miami-based Arquitectonica features a 20-story opening through the building's midsection. The tower, which will rise at 375 E. Wacker Dr., has two intersecting components programmed to house a five-star hotel with 224 suites, as many as 671 condominiums and six stories of underground parking. The sale of condominiums, priced from $500,000 to about $3 million, will start in August. By mid-2008, construction will get under way. The first residents are expected to move in two years later, said Jim Loewenberg, co-chief executive of Magellan. So far at Lakeshore East, seven buildings with about 2,500 residential units have been built or are in construction. In total, the developer might put up 16 major buildings with about 5,000 units, Loewenberg said. |
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There is a small rendering in Tribune. I don't think it will be in the range of 1000 feet but more like 900. No spire was attached. 20-floor opening is an interesting feature because it looks like a keyhole.
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Hmmm... glad it's a reality; too bad it's not quite as wonderful as some of us had hoped it would be. Oh well, now it's time to consider the actual design - much more important than a few hundred feet.
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Ok - it's a small rendering, but I like it! Although I'm a little disappointed with the height (to me it definitely looks to be under 900'), I'll take a design I like with less height than a lesser design that stretches to some arbitrary number in the sky. Thumbs up here...
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i saw the trib article but couldn't find the rendering... i'm hoping it looks as good as i want it to, although i'm kinda bummed it's not going to crack the 1000-foot mark.
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I scanned it as a .pdf, but I can't link the .pdf, so I put it on Yousendit.com. Can someone then find a way to post a shot of it?
http://download.yousendit.com/7D2368192E5F7794 |
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thanks for scanning hydrogen
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9...nicalseuc3.jpg EDIT: ah, you beat me to it kngkyle2 ;) |
Can't tell too much from that picture. What's the story with the Trib being the sole source in the universe for renderings of this project?
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would someone from emporis please create a building entry for this proposal so that i can get it added to the boom rundown? thanks in advance. :)
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^ nah, i'm pretty sure we're looking at the northern face. if we were looking at the southern face, then that would mean that the arquitectonica building is south of the tides, which is impossible, as the park is south of the tides. the arquitectonica tower will be north of the tides along the river.
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Yeah. . . it looks like the north face. . . I wonder what the price range is going to be for units here. . . this project is far out enough that I'd put money down on a unit just to flip it. . .
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Thanks. . . I guess I'll shut up and get back to work now ;)
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Added bu>299071 to Emporis database. . . we'll probably need to clean up the LSE information related to the buildings planned along East Wacker Drive that are being replaced by this super-structure. . .
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Chicago strikes again!! I really like the massing of this tower. It's very Chicago - tall, broad-shouldered, and conservative yet forward looking. Very classy. I think the colors and materials they use on the facade will make or break it.
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