CHICAGO | St. Regis Chicago (Vista) | 1,191 FT | 101 FLOORS - Page 119

BVictor1 · #**2361** Posted **May 4, 2017, 2:46 PM**

05/03/17

F1 Tommy · #**2362** Posted **May 4, 2017, 3:57 PM**

2 more floors for the base and then we go to 11 floors for the full length of the building but 3/4th the width. This thing is flying. After the base is done at floor 6 it should start taking the actual shape of the building.

I think floor 6 is even with the other buildings roof bases so that they can connect the paths.

jpIllInoIs · #**2363** Posted **May 5, 2017, 9:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by BVictor1

05/03/17

Easy..eeaasyy..take it slow - don't spill it..

Notyrview · #**2364** Posted **May 5, 2017, 9:38 PM**

The Great Splatter on Wacker

officeworker · #**2365** Posted **May 7, 2017, 6:22 AM**

The shadow rises

SolarWind · #**2366** Posted **May 7, 2017, 9:43 AM**

May 3, 2017

AtlantaMustang · #**2367** Posted **May 7, 2017, 2:43 PM**

Yesterday:

maru2501 · #**2368** Posted **May 7, 2017, 7:31 PM**

nice perspective^

kolchak · #**2369** Posted **May 7, 2017, 8:10 PM**

I was going to ask if they got the permits to build the floor plates above the first story (upper Wacker) but it looks like that has been answered!

Bombardier · #**2370** Posted **May 7, 2017, 9:20 PM**

^Actually word on the street is that they are still waiting for the permit to go vertical. I heard the current permit allows the deck to be poured to the first floor (even with Upper Wacker Drive) and the cores to be poured +3 floors above Upper Wacker. Sounds like the full permit is imminent, so it should not delay construction.

harryc · #**2371** Posted **May 7, 2017, 11:24 PM**

May 6

An expressway ran through it ....

the old path of Lake Sore Drive.

BVictor1 · #**2372** Posted **May 8, 2017, 2:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by Bombardier

^Actually word on the street is that they are still waiting for the permit to go vertical. I heard the current permit allows the deck to be poured to the first floor (even with Upper Wacker Drive) and the cores to be poured +3 floors above Upper Wacker. Sounds like the full permit is imminent, so it should not delay construction.

The easiest way to find these things out is to go to the Chicago Department of Buildings website...

Check the status of the permit...

Type in the address...

This is what's been approved as of the end of January: 363 E WACKER DR
Description: DIRECT DEVELOPER SERVICES: (FIVE LEVELS ABOVE UPPER WACKER DRIVE) FOR PROPOSED 95-STORY BUILDING. SLAB FOUNDATION ISSUED UNDER #100658570, AND CAISSON FOUNDATION ISSUED UNDER #100633738

And this...Description:
DIRECT DEVELOPER SERVICES: CONSTRUCTION AND BUILD-OUT OF LEVEL 1 TO LEVEL 95 OF PROPOSED 95-STORY MIXED USE BUILDING

Application Review Summary
Name Completed Date Status
PLANNING REVIEW 2017-05-05 APPROVED
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW 2017-05-02 APPROVED
ARCHITECTURAL & FIRE REVIEW 2017-05-02 APPROVED
LANDSCAPE REVIEW (ZONING) 2017-05-02 DENIED
REVENUE REVIEW 2017-04-19 APPROVED
PRELIMINARY INTAKE REVIEW 2017-03-27 APPROVED
ZONING REVIEW WAIVED
This permit has not yet been issued.

kolchak · #**2373** Posted **May 8, 2017, 5:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by BVictor1

The easiest way to find these things out is to go to the Chicago Department of Buildings website...

Thank you. Noted

seadragon · #**2374** Posted **May 8, 2017, 11:49 AM**

Vista Tower site this morning from the NOAA - Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory webcam.

One Bennett Park is also visible to the right, followed by Optima Phase II (crane removed), NU Biomedical Research Center and No. 9 Walton with crane, just noticeable and to the right of the John Hancock.

I suspect the seagull likes the view as well.

https://www.glerl.noaa.gov//metdata/chi/

https://www.glerl.noaa.gov//metdata/chi/chi1.jpg

https://www.glerl.noaa.gov//metdata/chi/chi2.jpg

https://www.glerl.noaa.gov//metdata/chi/chi3.jpg

City Wide · #**2375** Posted **May 8, 2017, 6:19 PM**

Any thoughts as to what the vertical "tan" steel tower, in front of the core, is? Down on ground level there was something similar to this and the word was it was going to be self climbing (just like a tower crane) base for a arm for pumping concrete. But the core right behind this a pumping station, so I doubt there would two so close together.
This build has had some good 'mysteries' and its still got 90++ floors to go.

Skyguy_7 · #**2376** Posted **May 8, 2017, 6:46 PM**

^They're both concrete pump towers. The one in question will assist in the floor slab pours.

SolarWind · #**2377** Posted **May 13, 2017, 5:20 PM**

May 9, 2017

KWILLSKYLINE · #**2378** Posted **May 13, 2017, 8:19 PM**

Almost there for street level. Just waiting on the other two parts to catch up. Lets go parking garage.

officeworker · #**2379** Posted **May 14, 2017, 5:25 PM**

Permit granted for all 95 stories

https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/...ll-95-stories/

marothisu · #**2380** Posted **May 14, 2017, 10:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by officeworker

Permit granted for all 95 stories

https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/...ll-95-stories/

Was there any doubt the city wasn't going to permit this building? They'd already received something like 3 or 4 new construction permits previously.