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I know people were making fun of Jewel as a bit out of touch with their Jojo mascot, but I think their strategy of partnering with developers for prime urban sites has been really smart (The Sinclair, the new Uptown proposal near the Penascola). As a teenage employee of the branch, I hope they tackle the Roosevelt Jewel next, and add to this fourth peak – they should build something on the scale of the previous two redevelopments on the parking lot west of the Roosevelt tracks first, and once open, close the existing store and sell the lot the store is currently on outright for a signature tower. |
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Trump gets lost in that shuffle but from most vantage points it looks near Illinois Center. |
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Looks like 2 main peaks - the Aon Center and the John Hancock Center from this vantage point. And from a more southern vantage I suspect the Sears Tower and Aon Center would dominate. So that leaves Trump Tower the odd man out. |
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that 4th peak would take this skyline to the next level. Burn down the Jewel at roosevelt and wabash, and build a 1300+ footer. south loop is definitely starting to prep for a supertall at that intersection. Also, the pyramid effect looking southwest from grant park would be amazing. With essex and 1000 S Michigan building it from the north, the grant/OGP from the east. South loop boom is absolutely unreal right now. feels wishful to think a supertall on top of it all could happen :/ |
I'm not friends with any developers but how much does one take in consideration, if successful, to another developer building a tower like this in the same area vs. Another area. Does it motivate them at all or are they usually looking for their "own" thing.
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The second thing that happens is land values near the new tower go up. This happens because of the basic formative force that causes cities to exist: economies of agglomeration. This is the concept that human settlements create exponentially value by packing in human beings closer together. This creates opportunities for trade and the sharing of resources and ideas. So when the JHC goes up and brings 1500 new residents and 2000 new workers to the far north end of the Mag Mile, it generates huge new opportunities for trade. It becomes efficient to build large building next to it because, well there are now customers for stores and apartments. Therefore the developer of water tower place says "hey bank, I'm gonna toss several hundred thousand SF of retail in the base of my building". So finally what happens is lending opens up. The banks see the market and see the plan in real life literally next door and go "sick plan bro, here's money". This process happens over and over again and compounds on itself. Once Water Tower Place is built, it becomes very easy for developers to sign up investors and banks for similar projects nearby. Once Water Tower Place is up, it's really easy to say "hey I want to build the program of JHC on top of another Water Tower Place mall, I'll call it 900 N Michigan". Before you know it JHC is surrounded by a dozen 650'+ buildings. |
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edit: also 2 Prudential and One Bennett |
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Ok this is silly. It all changes depending on your perspective.
The number and appearance of "peaks" look totally different from the Kennedy, Adler planetarium, sailboat rounding the cribs, Chicago Skyway, etc. |
If people don't think OMP constitutes a peak already, then I guess I have a different definition. If not in relative terms, you might as well just be labeling "peaks" by listing off the tallest buildings in order... Trump and Aon are so close that I hesitate to give them their own domains.
Anyway, the addition of SoMi, OGP, 1000 S Michigan etc, won't really introduce a new peak as much as make it more prominent and entice photographers to include the South Loop in skyline pics, as it is often cropped out. |
Chicago has three peaks period. Trump being 3 blocks away from 2 Pru does not make it a peak. Hancock is 3 blocks away from Olympia Center and Park Tower and I wouldn't call those their own peaks. Trump is kitty corner from Illinois Center, it's part of the same economic cluster and this will become ever more apparent as more super talls like Wanda go up along the main branch.
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But if you are asking about the other office towers along the river, then yes. Every office tower build on Wacker makes the remaining lots successively more attractive to develop. That's why the General Growth building is going to be a bit taller than it's siblings across the river which in turn were a bit taller than their cousins on the East side of Wacker. Office buildings tend to see less height variation though because each additional floor is progressively less valuable above 50 or so floors so it takes a serious shortage of developable sites to trigger very tall or super tall economics. |
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can you spot the managers ? A balance beam ? (used to extend the reach of a crane) Similar looking device used at 300 N LaSalle (2008) |
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This will cap a set of piles |
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