CHICAGO | Aqua | 858 FT / 262 M | 87 FLOORS - Page 23

trvlr70 · #**441** Posted **Jul 11, 2006, 6:00 PM**

WOW! 70% sold? Aqua has alreaday outsold Waterview, I believe.

That is really impressive.

By the way, is the concrete going to be left natural or will it be painted? I can't quite figure out how it will exactly look in my mind.

headcase · #**442** Posted **Jul 11, 2006, 6:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by spyguy

[url]The Lancaster, an award-winning 29-story residential condominium and The Shoreham, an award-winning 46-story luxury apartment tower, are complete.

Great news about Aqua, but I'm curious, who is handing out "awards" to these buildings? and more importantly, WHY?

bnk · #**443** Posted **Jul 12, 2006, 1:59 AM**

Sorry for the downer, but...

I have an appointment to visit lakeshore east on Thursday and was really looking forward to getting a good pre sale price on the Aqua.

This predicament is a little bit distressing. 70% sold already!

I feel like I am missing these great ships in the night.

Even Legacy is (only) 65% sold.

Where can one go to get on the next big thing?

LLE still has about at least 5 other buildings for future development, but why?

I just felt like I missed this one.

BTW I put this one at 99%, until I visit the sales center.

Will update you all latter.

Mojava · #**444** Posted **Jul 12, 2006, 2:52 AM**

bnk, have you visited mandarin oriental yet. i dont thing they've started marketing to the full public yet so they have more inventory. just a thought...

STR · #**445** Posted **Jul 12, 2006, 3:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by bnk

Sorry for the downer, but...

I have an appointment to visit lakeshore east on Thursday and was really looking forward to getting a good pre sale price on the Aqua.

This predicament is a little bit distressing. 70% sold already!

I feel like I am missing these great ships in the night.

Even Legacy is (only) 65% sold.

Where can one go to get on the next big thing?

Two words: Fordham Spire. Others may be doubting, but sales haven't even begun. It will sell out. Those sales will build the spire.

denizen467 · #**446** Posted **Jul 12, 2006, 4:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by spyguy

The Shoreham, an award-winning 46-story luxury apartment tower

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Originally Posted by headcase

I'm curious, who is handing out "awards" to these buildings? and more importantly, WHY?

Clearly, it's the Committee on Ugly Architecture Awards.

BVictor1 · #**447** Posted **Jul 14, 2006, 2:58 PM**

I went to the Lake Shore East sales center yesterday, and they finally have a real model for Aqua. I snapped a few shots of it. I didn't ask what percentage of sales they were at, but they did say that construction would begin sometime this fall.

View up the northern face - 2006-7-13

View up the northwest corner - 2006-7-13

trvlr70 · #**448** Posted **Jul 14, 2006, 3:03 PM**

Oh my God...that looks incredible. Better than I could have imagined. I love how the tower's corners are not even in line. It is so Dali-esque!

honte · #**449** Posted **Jul 14, 2006, 3:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by trvlr70

Oh my God...that looks incredible. Better than I could have imagined. I love how the tower's corners are not even in line. It is so Dali-esque!

That's a very good observation... it hadn't clicked to me before. But of course Dali actually made similar suggestions to natural outcroppings and wind when referring to his work.

(EDIT - I am an idiot and was thinking of Antiono Gaudi, not Salvador Dali. Thanks Loopy for reminding me to think.)

PS Building those railings on the model must have been really tedious.

PPS I am not crazy about how they're showing the operable windows. It looks a lot like some of the '70s buildings - very distracting to the overall window wall. I prefer the style of 340 on the Park, where they are basically continuous.

WonderlandPark · #**450** Posted **Jul 14, 2006, 3:23 PM**

Whoa, sweet building. Better than the first renderings. Thx for the pics.

honte · #**451** Posted **Jul 14, 2006, 3:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by BVictor1

I went to the Lake Shore East sales center yesterday, and they finally have a real model for Aqua. I snapped a few shots of it. I didn't ask what percentage of sales they were at, but they did say that construction would begin sometime this fall.

Hi BVictor,

Thanks for the shots. Did you snap any with the model in context? I'd love to see the whole LSE with this thing destroying the other buildings they built.

Thanks.

Loopy · #**452** Posted **Jul 14, 2006, 4:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by trvlr70

I love how the tower's corners are not even in line. It is so Dali-esque!

Yes indeed. I was thinking Gaudi actually, same Catalan dream aesthetic.

colemonkee · #**453** Posted **Jul 14, 2006, 4:12 PM**

I wonder if they'll treat the underside of those balconies, or leave them as exposed concrete.

BVictor1 · #**454** Posted **Jul 14, 2006, 5:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by honte

Hi BVictor,

Thanks for the shots. Did you snap any with the model in context? I'd love to see the whole LSE with this thing destroying the other buildings they built.

Thanks.

Certainly!!!!

spyguy · #**455** Posted **Jul 14, 2006, 5:18 PM**

Ah, so beautiful!

It's nice to see Chandler will block one ugly side of Regatta, although Chandler's eastern side seems ugly as well. No matter, another tower will cover that up and so on.

skylife · #**456** Posted **Jul 14, 2006, 5:28 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by BVictor1

I went to the Lake Shore East sales center yesterday, and they finally have a real model for Aqua. I snapped a few shots of it. I didn't ask what percentage of sales they were at, but they did say that construction would begin sometime this fall.

View up the northern face - 2006-7-13

View up the northwest corner - 2006-7-13

Instant landmark!

SimbyHeart · #**457** Posted **Jul 14, 2006, 5:56 PM**

I like it, but.... its still not clear to me how they are going to make it work, in order for the building to look that way, it definitly needs that color windows to iluminate itself from the inside at night and acheive the end result like the model shows.
I really dont want his building to look like a huge concrete box! Such a missed opportunity to make something great with that height! I wouldved loved to see a glassy tall building there something like LangHam Place in Hong Kong.

spyguy · #**458** Posted **Jul 14, 2006, 6:02 PM**

If you buy into Aqua, you get not one, but TWO BBQ stations! What a selling point.

-GR2NY- · #**459** Posted **Jul 14, 2006, 6:52 PM**

They are going to have trouble giving tenants an accurate square footage count for the balconies.

They are all different sizes!

hi123 · #**460** Posted **Jul 14, 2006, 7:37 PM**

oh boy i sure hope this one gets built!