CHICAGO | Boom rundown - everything over 12 floors. v5 - Page 181

the urban politician · #**3601** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 1:38 PM**

Speaking of uptown, that other highrise project seems to have died (Theater District Lofts or something like that?) They announced that groundbreaking was commencing well over a year ago, but to this day I haven't heard any news

a chicago bearcat · #**3602** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 4:50 PM**

hey, has anyone seen the preliminary rendering of Smith + Gill's new 70 story zero energy tower for Chicago?!?!?

it's in this months blueprint (the architecture magazine, not martha stewart)
no location is mentioned, but they list off that the firm has won a significant amount of commisions in the year since they jumped ship from SOM

I can't check the magazine out from the library in order to get the scanned image, but if someone has a subscription, a scanned image would definetly start the speculation on whether this is part of the franklin pointe development or another entirely separate structure

BVictor1 · #**3603** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 6:18 PM**

601 W. Monroe

This is an alternate version of 601 W. Monroe. It was shown at the Friends of Downtown presentation last week featuring DeStefano & Partners

SevenSevenThree · #**3604** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 6:22 PM**

I like it but why does it feel so familiar?

jpIllInoIs · #**3605** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 6:23 PM**

Ataraxy · #**3606** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 7:35 PM**

That building would cut into key drinking space for the Annual Old St. Pat's Worlds largest block party.....but I wouldn't mind getting rid of one more parking lot...

Steely Dan · #**3607** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 7:39 PM**

so, below are the two different designs we've seen for 601 west monroe. does anyone have any additonal information about this nebulous office proposal that might allow us to know which (if either) of these design schemes is currently on the table?

rgolch · #**3608** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 7:40 PM**

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Steely beat me to the question.

aaron38 · #**3609** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 7:56 PM**

Wow, that looks really good. It's taller than the Presidential towers, which is nice. I like the atriums in the wedge.

Is that first proposal two buildings, and did they combine them into one taller building?

Steely Dan · #**3610** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 7:56 PM**

well, after i posted my question, i realized that they're both destefano designs, and because victor got the images of the new wedge-shaped tower at a recent friends of downtown presentation by destefano, that makes inclined to believe that the new wedge-shaped scheme is the one currently on the table or why else would they have displayed it at last week's presentation if it was already a discarded scheme?

between this and waldorf-astoria, it seems like destefano wants to start making some waves.

Alliance · #**3611** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 8:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by a chicago bearcat

hey, has anyone seen the preliminary rendering of Smith + Gill's new 70 story zero energy tower for Chicago?!?!?

it's in this months blueprint (the architecture magazine, not martha stewart)
no location is mentioned, but they list off that the firm has won a significant amount of commisions in the year since they jumped ship from SOM

I can't check the magazine out from the library in order to get the scanned image, but if someone has a subscription, a scanned image would definetly start the speculation on whether this is part of the franklin pointe development or another entirely separate structure

Franklin Point was the first thing I thought of. That was 70 stories as I remeber. I'll check the library.

i_am_hydrogen · #**3612** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 8:34 PM**

Fifield has this version on its website:

http://www.fifieldco.com/index_s.html

BVictor1 · #**3613** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 8:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Alliance

Franklin Point was the first thing I thought of. That was 70 stories as I remeber. I'll check the library.

It was 80-stories. Nothing has been released yet.

Grimm · #**3614** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 8:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by SevenSevenThree

I like it but why does it feel so familiar?

It resembles the tower proposed for 122 Leadenhall Street in London.

ChitownJay · #**3615** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 8:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by SevenSevenThree

I like it but why does it feel so familiar?

Because it looks somewhat like a transparent, foliaged version of the Chase Tower? Actually it looks better than that.

Chicago Shawn · #**3616** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 9:59 PM**

The Admiral at Foster and Marine is now on its way down. I grabed a few pics of it today and will see if I can get them up later this week.

Chicago Shawn · #**3617** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 10:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

Speaking of uptown, that other highrise project seems to have died (Theater District Lofts or something like that?) They announced that groundbreaking was commencing well over a year ago, but to this day I haven't heard any news

They filed a PD application, and have a sales office open on Lawrence. I have not heard anything other than that though. The site is still just a surface parking lot.

SamInTheLoop · #**3618** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 10:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

so, below are the two different designs we've seen for 601 west monroe. does anyone have any additonal information about this nebulous office proposal that might allow us to know which (if either) of these design schemes is currently on the table?

Sorry guys - hate to rain on the parade (I see nobody paid attention to my post a couple days ago), but the alternate version on the right which was publicly shown for the first time at the FOD meeting on Thursday will NOT be built. This version was dependent on luring a particular anchor tenant who was pusing for a very, very highly environmentally-advanced design. That tenant made an alternative occupancy decision, unfortunately!

10023 · #**3619** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 10:35 PM**

^ Slightly off topic, but it's also unfortunate that Chicago will never see tower #2 of the ABN AMRO project now that Bank of America has bought LaSalle...

SamInTheLoop · #**3620** Posted **Oct 8, 2007, 10:40 PM**

^ That version would have cost a decent premium to build, meaning it would have taken writing an anchor tenant down at a decent premium rental rate, which in my view is very unlikely for one of the Fifield West Loop buildings. It's just not his model - his model is build cheap (helped by cheap west loop land) and offer the cheapest rents possible for a new construction building (or land TIF assistance for a key tenant relocation).....rather, this is the type of leading design, environmental tower that you'd see becoming reality in a location and by a developer that is more quality-focused, and not as solely cost-focused....ie this is the type of proposal you'd see in one of the remaining riverfront sites, and not in an anonymous west loop parking lot parcel (especially when proposed by Fifield!!)