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UPDATE Last updated: October 6, 2008 12:10am
Spire Held as Shelbourne Sells $40M Penthouse
CHICAGO-Construction has been postponed at the 2,000-foot-tall Chicago Spire condo building due to the strains of the economy, though sales of units continue. Ty Warner, CEO and founder of Beanie Baby company, Ty Inc, just closed on the two-floor, 10,292-sf penthouse that had been for sale for $40 million. The tower is Publishing supposed to go up at 400 N. Lake Shore Dr.,but right now, with work halted, all that’s there is a large circular hole for the newly-complete foundation.