CHICAGO: closing in on a skyline milestone - one hundred 500+ footers - Page 4

mhays · #61 Posted **Dec 22, 2006, 8:27 PM**

Seattle's current tallest projects top out at 460' (Olive 8) and 440' (1521 Second). Only one at 500' is likely to be built soon...that's an office tower at 8th & Virginia on a block zoned for 500'. Otherwise, we have lots of 400' proposals but none taller.

Bellevue's zoning tops out at 450'. If the line was 400' it would be 1+3. There's talk of a developer asking for a rezone, so maybe they'll get a 500' project in a few years.

chicubs111 · #62 Posted **Jan 18, 2007, 12:36 AM**

I guess chicago lost a 500 ft building by a few ft with the shorting of Park view west but i guess we can throw the tides in there with its slight height increase...i believe 500ft on the nose if we want to get techincal.

bob1954 · #63 Posted **Jan 29, 2007, 8:52 AM**

Considering it's size of 1.1 million metro, 1 million city, Calgary is listed 11+1 with 3 planned. Actually, there is probably 8-9 in the planning stages, and the city is growing very fast.... they have great summer weather up there too!

BorisMolotov · #64 Posted **Feb 1, 2007, 1:16 AM**

so they're on 99 rite now, with the legacy, wats gonna be 100?
My bets on Aqua.

X-fib · #65 Posted **Feb 2, 2007, 1:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by BorisMolotov

so they're on 99 rite now, with the legacy, wats gonna be 100?
My bets on Aqua.

If it is Aqua the forum should award a special plaque commemorating the milestone. Seriously!

museumparktom · #66 Posted **Feb 2, 2007, 3:18 PM**

Steely
Have you updated your numbers with OMPW at 620' that is now in site prep?

Steely Dan · #67 Posted **Feb 2, 2007, 3:28 PM**

^ no. i kinda lost interest in all this because it's so hard to determine the actual 100th 500 footer, what with some buildings listed at 500', due to rounding, that aren't actually 500', like the tides. and there are buildings like parkview west which everyone thought would be over 500', but turned out to be 496' or something like that. and then there's the morrison hotel that was a 500 footer, but was torn down in the 60s. should it count in chicgao's total? maybe, maybe not. and there's also the ambiguity of construction, does 600 N LSD - south tower really count even though it appears to be "on hold"? should a 500 footer count when it starts construction, is topped out, or completed?

there's just too many technical questions revolving around an arbitrary number for me to care about this anymore. i guess the main thrust of this thread was just "hey everyone, chicago has got a crapload of tall buildings, even more than before."

EtherealMist · #68 Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 7:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tom In Chicago

Hong Kong has 202 known 500+ footers but I would guess that number is under-counted due to the known unknowns. . . if you know what I mean. . .

Shanghai has 84. . . but no doubt it will surpass Chicago in the coming years. . .

Dubai has 82. . . most of which are under construction. . .

New York City has 192. . .

Dubai has 82 (planned + u/c) ??

I know its going through a monster boom, but that is just nuts for a city of its size.

Alliance · #69 Posted **Feb 23, 2007, 7:08 PM**

Dubai has a supurb financing system. Chicago uses good old fashioned capitalism.

Paid vs earned?

firstcranialnerve · #70 Posted **May 2, 2007, 10:20 PM**

I noticed there are a couple of 500+ft buildings that are not yet on the first page of this thread.

155 North Wacker, 150 East Ontario. That takes us well over 100.

Steely Dan · #71 Posted **May 2, 2007, 10:29 PM**

^ neither of those have begun construction yet.

Dr. Taco · #72 Posted **Jun 10, 2008, 5:49 PM**

so, hows this going?

Tom In Chicago · #73 Posted **Jun 10, 2008, 8:12 PM**

COMPLETED = 91
UNDER CONSTRUCTION = 15

Dr. Taco · #74 Posted **Jun 10, 2008, 8:52 PM**

^ thanks, tom

can anyone tell me if this wave of under-construction buildings will put us past 100 completions?

munda · #75 Posted **Jun 11, 2008, 5:23 AM**

Chicago should get to 100 around 2012 or early.
most cities took at least a century and/or half a century to reach 100 or close to it, but Dubai is going to achieve that feat in less then 20 years
thats just WOW.....
i bet no one would have imagined that feat being done that quick in this era...
i guess oil pays offfff

M II A II R II K · #76 Posted **Jun 11, 2008, 12:44 PM**

Most impressive numbers.

Alliance · #77 Posted **Jun 11, 2008, 2:41 PM**

Maybe to ignore rounding, we should use 501' as the cutoff?

And I think the finish line should be the 100th completed 500'er.

simcityaustin · #78 Posted **Jul 25, 2008, 7:50 PM**

So do we have an estimate on who will reach 100 first?

Mr Roboto · #79 Posted **Jul 25, 2008, 8:21 PM**

Totally missed this thread somehow. I thought Chicago was over 100 500'+ buildings by now. Pretty damn cool milestone either way. And what a boom this has been.

aaron38 · #80 Posted **Jul 29, 2008, 2:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by simcityaustin

So do we have an estimate on who will reach 100 first?

Parkview West, 600 N LSD South, The Clare and OMP are all topped out out, so we're effectively at 95.

300 N LaSalle and Trump will take 96 and 97. BCBS will be 98.

That leaves Aqua, Legacy, Elysian, 155 N Wacker and 353 N Clark in the hunt.

Will 155 and 353 top out before Aqua? If so, they get 99 and 100.