CHICAGO | Riverline | 8 Towers | 600FT - 500FT(X2) - 380FT(X2) - 242FT(X2) - 300FT~

[ChiDevelopmentGooner]

Originally Posted by BVictor1

Would be amazing to see the tower that was a part of Roosevelt Collection come back to life and be built.

[lakeshoredrive]

Originally Posted by ChiDevelopmentGooner

Interesting. Is it still possible to build this or is it too late now?

[BVictor1]

Originally Posted by lakeshoredrive

Interesting. Is it still possible to build this or is it too late now?

It's absolutely still possible. It's still vacant land.

[cloudbod]

Originally Posted by ChiDevelopmentGooner

Here's hoping this one restarts as demand continues growing in the area. Good pic, welcome to the forum!

[r18tdi]

One hell of username lol

[ChiDevelopmentGooner]

Originally Posted by r18tdi

One hell of username lol

thank you! lol. i thought it was funny cus we all love construction porn (ie pictures of in progress developments and renderings)

[BVictor1]

03.31.26

[Chisouthside]

There's two apartment buildings currently under construction right on this site?

[lakeshoredrive]

Originally Posted by Chisouthside

There's two apartment buildings currently under construction right on this site?

Just one. The second one I think is still planned to be built soon but they probably will wait until this one is done and can secure financing for the second one.

[ardecila]

Yeah, and CMK already has two other tower sites on Wabash with foundations in the ground, waiting for full financing deals. I imagine those would kick off first.

[BVictor1]

05.08.26

[aaron38]

Originally Posted by BVictor1

05.08.26

I do not understand this. The Chicago River is not the Mississippi, but I have seen Ole Miss come up 6 ft in a day. A No Wake sign means they can't tolerate even a 2ft wave. Why are they building right at the water's edge?

A dock, riverwalk sure, something designed to be flooded. But the principle structure itself is too close.
If you don't give water room, it will take it from you.

[Bonsai Tree]

??? Plenty of structures directly abut the river. Marina City of course being the most well known.

Besides that- the part of the structure closest to the river is the riverwalk portion so not sure where you're coming from here.

[Jstange059]

Originally Posted by Bonsai Tree

??? Plenty of structures directly abut the river. Marina City of course being the most well known.

Besides that- the part of the structure closest to the river is the riverwalk portion so not sure where you're coming from here.

I mean, there's River City Apartments in the back of this photo, which has concrete piers which are part of the primary structure directly in the water.



Building's stood fine like this for 40 years, so I don't think the piers being close to the water will pose any threat to the building

[aaron38]

Look at the distance of an occupied floor above the water. Are they expecting that first floor to flood? Maybe it's a utility space, but it doesn't look like it.

[Suburban Shadow]

Originally Posted by aaron38

Look at the distance of an occupied floor above the water. Are they expecting that first floor to flood? Maybe it's a utility space, but it doesn't look like it.

Did some work at Marina City a few years ago.

They have boat storage and maintenance there besides whatever other building items they have there.

Probably 30' of clearance.

[aaron38]

Exactly what I'm saying. I don't see 30' of clearance.

[BrickellBased]

Originally Posted by aaron38

Exactly what I'm saying. I don't see 30' of clearance.

Did a little Googling.

Apparently the river height is pretty well controlled.

Worst case:

"Highest Recorded Level: The North Branch at Grand Ave reached 5.7 feet on October 10, 1954."

Also

"The "Reversal" Trigger: When the river rises high enough to threaten the downtown area, the MWRD opens the locks at the lakefront. This usually happens only when the river level is higher than the lake, allowing gravity to pull floodwaters out to the lake to prevent catastrophic city flooding."

Lake Michigan is about 2 feet higher than the river. If the river gets too high they can simply have it flow back into the lake (the original way nature intended).

Based on the photo I think there's about 10 feet of clearance so it really should never get that high.

Chicago remains basically disaster free as far as major cities go.

[aaron38]

Yes, which is cheating. The US Army Corp of Engineers told Davenport, IA that all was "well controlled". Build in the flood plain, we got it.

Until they didn't. Just giving advice. Don't complain later that "we didn't know".

[Chi-Sky21]

Originally Posted by BrickellBased

Did a little Googling.

Apparently the river height is pretty well controlled.

Worst case:

"Highest Recorded Level: The North Branch at Grand Ave reached 5.7 feet on October 10, 1954."

Also

"The "Reversal" Trigger: When the river rises high enough to threaten the downtown area, the MWRD opens the locks at the lakefront. This usually happens only when the river level is higher than the lake, allowing gravity to pull floodwaters out to the lake to prevent catastrophic city flooding."

Lake Michigan is about 2 feet higher than the river. If the river gets too high they can simply have it flow back into the lake (the original way nature intended).

Based on the photo I think there's about 10 feet of clearance so it really should never get that high.

Chicago remains basically disaster free as far as major cities go.

Well except for that pesky great fire and the flood of 1992
Actually I forget when but the river did rise pretty high not that long ago, they could not open the gates right away as usual because the weather was pushing the lake water higher by where they would open the gates.