CHICAGO | Boom rundown - everything over 12 floors. v5 - Page 328

i_am_hydrogen · #**6541** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 3:58 AM**

215 West Washington may be getting close to being u/c:

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Originally Posted by jdcpamba

A caisson crane and motor were delivered to the site this morning. The caisson drill bits and the first caisson sleeve were delivered about 30 minutes ago.

SamInTheLoop · #**6542** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 4:10 AM**

^ Fantastic news. Very much looking forward to another new residential tower in the loop...I hope this is only the beginning of a sustained trend of new rental towers within the heart of the cbd - 200 W. Lake hopefully will soon follow and maybe that project that was first mentioned I think around last spring/summer at 171 N. Wabash.......I think perhaps one of the greater downtown area's largest potential high-rise growth areas is for new apartment, hotel and condo towers (with emphasis ideally in that order) within the Loop proper - why? It's far under-developed compared to potential demand and a lack of NIMBYism that's so prevalent in other downtown areas...

Dale · #**6543** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 4:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by i_am_hydrogen

215 West Washington may be getting close to being u/c:

Don't these people know we're in a recession ?!*

*If they don't, maybe we shouldn't tell them.

Tom Servo · #**6544** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 4:43 AM**

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i don't like those balconies. the rest of the building is nice, i guess. the real shame here is that we lost the dana hotel for this thing.

*preservationchicago.org
not only was that building wonderful, the fucking address was 666 n state!

i_am_hydrogen · #**6545** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 4:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by SamInTheLoop

^ Fantastic news. Very much looking forward to another new residential tower in the loop...I hope this is only the beginning of a sustained trend of new rental towers within the heart of the cbd - 200 W. Lake hopefully will soon follow and maybe that project that was first mentioned I think around last spring/summer at 171 N. Wabash.......I think perhaps one of the greater downtown area's largest potential high-rise growth areas is for new apartment, hotel and condo towers (with emphasis ideally in that order) within the Loop proper - why? It's far under-developed compared to potential demand and a lack of NIMBYism that's so prevalent in other downtown areas...

I couldn't agree more, Sam. It's always been one of my dreams to see the Loop evolve into more of a neighborhood than solely a central business district--something it epitomized for decades. Little by little, that transformation is afoot in various locations. And that's why 215 West Washington, despite its architectural mediocrity, is such an important project.

Tom Servo · #**6546** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 4:51 AM**

here's an idea of the ivy will look

*esadesign.com

Dan in Chicago · #**6547** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 4:52 AM**

The River North Marriott Suites opened today, and the building is complete.

12-story building count in Chicago: 1069 completed, 60 under construction. I believe the peak was 64 under construction at one time.

Jibba · #**6548** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 6:51 AM**

155 N. Wacker

215 W. Washington

Kingsbury Plaza (Yes, completed long ago, but I was feeling the river shot for some reason.)

Can't recall this one at the moment.

honte · #**6549** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 7:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by Ch.G, Ch.G

Well-said, although I think the semblance of Brutalism is incidental.

Have to agree here. Although of course brutalism gave them the license to do things like this.

the urban politician · #**6550** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 2:53 PM**

Here's a newer, larger rendering for Catalyst.

I'm not a fan of the podium treatment, but that's somewhat made up for by what appears to be a very tall first floor. According to a source, it's 25% sold and has signed Walgreens (surprise surprise) as a retail tenant

jcchii · #**6551** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 5:43 PM**

I don't have a problem with Dana either, especially if it were to stay as exposed concrete, which I assume it will not.

Kind of reminds me of the MCC, which I'm sure is what they were going for

Tom Servo · #**6552** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 5:53 PM**

dan, you can delete this

aaron38 · #**6553** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 6:01 PM**

Re Catalyst: That podium's better than most though, and is pulled architecturally into the main tower. At least it looks like an integrated structure.

And good news about 215 W Washington. 500' of apartments right next to a CTA station is a very good thing.

Tom Servo · #**6554** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 6:30 PM**

dan, you can delete this

BVictor1 · #**6555** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 6:55 PM**

757 N. Orleans
03/23/08

Chicago Shawn · #**6556** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 8:20 PM**

honte · #**6557** Posted **Mar 30, 2008, 2:54 PM**

(This isn't a new constrution high-rise, but such an important one, I thought it was best to put it in this thread... Sorry, Steely, if you'd rather have this conversation elsewhere.)

Here is a new website about the "Greening" of the Inland Steel Building: http://www.inlandsteelbuilding.com/ It is being undertaken by Frank Gehry and SOM/Chicago.

I haven't been able to get the full site to load yet, so I don't have an opinion on this (good or bad architecturally), but I do think it's an interesting idea.

Chicago Shawn · #**6558** Posted **Mar 30, 2008, 3:10 PM**

^Looks Awesome. I love the intergrated ceilling concept, and how they made it look retro, yet with a very up to date contemporary asethetic. It blends beautifully with the interior space.

Chicago Shawn · #**6559** Posted **Mar 30, 2008, 5:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by SamInTheLoop

^ Fantastic news. Very much looking forward to another new residential tower in the loop...I hope this is only the beginning of a sustained trend of new rental towers within the heart of the cbd - 200 W. Lake hopefully will soon follow and maybe that project that was first mentioned I think around last spring/summer at 171 N. Wabash.......I think perhaps one of the greater downtown area's largest potential high-rise growth areas is for new apartment, hotel and condo towers (with emphasis ideally in that order) within the Loop proper - why? It's far under-developed compared to potential demand and a lack of NIMBYism that's so prevalent in other downtown areas...

I used to have a very favorable opinoin of new residential towers in the Loop, but not so much any more. I worry the NIMBYism the new condos would bring would make even the Loop dificult to build in. We need a business district without hinderences to its future growth. Apartments work well here, but as we all know, rental buildings, especially newer ones are targets for condo conversions. Personally, I feel the best way to activate the Loop in off-peak hours would be more hotels, educational space and student housing with some limited new residential space in converted older office buildings, such as the brillaint work that Village Green Construction has done (Fisher, MDA City apts, Century Tower <corn products>, and the Randolph Tower).

This method, which is picking up some momentium preserves our older office gems that have aged into obsolence, while keeping opportunity sites open for new office towers which demand large floorplates.

SolarWind · #**6560** Posted **Mar 30, 2008, 5:45 PM**

March 28, 2008