CHICAGO | 300 North LaSalle | 785 FT / 239 M | 60 FLOORS

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by Chrysler Guy2

But the tower that he actually got built on the river is a beautiful one-seeing it glinting off the early morning sun from the windowpanes makes it look like it came out of a sketch-

i realize that bofill's R.R Donnelly is quite a popular chicago skyscraper, but i just can't stand it. it looks goofy and cartoonish to me.

[trvlr70]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

i realize that bofill's R.R Donnelly is quite a popular chicago skyscraper, but i just can't stand it. it looks goofy and cartoonish to me.

Yeah, people either love this building or hate. I am a big fan. I love its reflective quality and lightness.....which is a nice contrast to the darker and heavier looking buildings which surround it.

I am excited to see what 300 N Lasalle will look like along the river.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by trvlr70

I am excited to see what 300 N Lasalle will look like along the river.

me too. i don't know exactly how it will turn out, but i will make one prediction: the result will be far better than RR donelly.

[oshkeoto]

Ooh. Can you imagine this and something at Wolf Point framing the Merchandise Mart between two ~800 ft. buildings? I think that would be a cool visual.

[LA21st]

A couple of permits are being submitted this today for this development.

[Adam186]

How long do these permits usually take to get passed?

[LA21st]

These are just the small ones, I think CDOT related. But it is a good sign it is moving forward.

[BVictor1]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

i realize that bofill's R.R Donnelly is quite a popular chicago skyscraper, but i just can't stand it. it looks goofy and cartoonish to me.

Everyones entitled to their opinion. You probably can't stand R.R Donnelly just about as much as I can stand 55 W. Wacker

Originally Posted by LA21st

These are just the small ones, I think CDOT related. But it is a good sign it is moving forward.

Seeing as you got the DL on the permit situtation for 300 N. LaSalle, why don't you check on the permit status of Waterview Tower!!!

[LA21st]

BVictor, I will find out tommorrow. Maybe some other projects too.
My friend sits near me, deals with the permits, architectural drawings etc. Most major development goes through him. He mainly deals with soil borings.

The LakeShore East layout plan is just...
I spent over an hour checking that one out.
It shows where every tower will be located and the height.
Riverside Park is also pretty incredible.
Its nice to work for CDOT.

[Jularc]

This is a nice tower!

Here are more recent news...

300 N. LaSalle Plans Get Green Light


By Mark Ruda
October 20, 2005

CHICAGO-While the proposed 745-foot height of the building raised some eyebrows, Hines Interests LP’s plan for a 57-story, 1.3-million-sf office tower at 300 N. LaSalle St. got a green light Thursday. The plan commission endorsed the $400-million project, as well as a zoning change that will allow the Houston-based developer to build an office tower 62% larger than allowed under existing zoning.

Hines Interests already has lured Kirkland & Ellis away from the Aon Center to 600,000 sf in its riverfront building once it is completed in 2009. In addition to office space, plans call for 13,000-sf of retail space, which most likely will include a restaurant.

However, Hines Interests’ office tower will dwarf surrounding low- and mid-rise properties sharing the riverfront, notes plan commission member Allison Davis. Taller buildings already line the riverfront a quarter-mile to the east, and Trump International Hotel & Tower will dwarf both Marina City and 330 N. Wabash Ave. Closer to 300 N. LaSalle St., though, is the 3.5-million-sf Merchandise Mart, a mid-rise building, as is the redeveloped Reid-Murdoch building at 325 N. LaSalle St. and Helene Curtis building at 325 N. Wells St.

“The planning department has always taken the position that along the river, we would try to encourage tall buildings,” says 42nd Ward Alderman Burton Natarus. “This is a tall building. This is a magnificent building. What’s there now is kind of shabby.”

The site, which runs along LaSalle Street from the river to Carroll Avenue, is now a parking lot. Hines Interests is acquiring the 85,080-sf site for $32.5 million from a limited liability corporation controlled by Michael W. Reschke, former chairman of Prime Group Realty Trust.

Designed by Pickard Chilton Architects Inc., the building is expected to meet standards for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification. It also will have a hook-up at Carroll Avenue to an underground bus route.


Copyright © 2005 Real Estate Media.

[spyguy]

Yup, and now there's going to be a new tower right next to it.

[Jularc]

I really like this tower.

Originally Posted by spyguy

Yup, and now there's going to be a new tower right next to it.

Oh yeah that new shorter one... 345 North Wells! That looks good too.

[BVictor1]

Images from the October 2005 plan commission meeting.

A nice daytime rendering.




A section showing the lower levels.

[HowardL]

I am really starting to develop a crush on this building. Nice detailing and especially cool is the terrace off of the K&E conference room. Classy.

[dvidler]

I have always wondered why more office buildings wouldnt have terraces.

[Swede]

I like how they've worked the mechanical level into the design, actually improves the look (at least in the renderings, it does). Won't expect it to be considerd a masterpiece, but deffinatly an architectural asset(sp?) for the city.

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by HowardL

I am really starting to develop a crush on this building.

^ Maybe when it's built you can take go ask it out.

Tell me, somebody, anybody--is that a 2 level plaza I'm seeing? If so, that would simply be fantastic

[Chicago Shawn]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ Maybe when it's built you can take go ask it out.

Tell me, somebody, anybody--is that a 2 level plaza I'm seeing? If so, that would simply be fantastic

Yes it is, with skylights to allow sun light to penitrate down to the lower level. The upper level will have seating for an outdoor cafe, with a portion of the terrace projecting out over the riverbank.

[Jersey Mentality]

Im a first timer on this thread, when does construction start?

[VivaLFuego]

^Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard Spring-Summer 06