Official: Ultimate CHICAGO boom rundown

[adam186]

It is the ultimate, enjoy.

Click on the individual building names to be taken to the corresponding Emporis building page to learn more and see pics/renderings. You can also click on the word “website” at the end of each building entry line in the list to be taken to the official project website to learn even more and for developer/marketing contact information.

The buildings are ranked according to the structural height per the guidelines of Emporis. Where no roof height is listed, it is either unknown or the structural height and the roof height are one and the same.



Chicago's building boom:


under construction:

1. Trump Tower Chicago res./hotel 1,362 ft 1,131 ft 92 2008website
2. Waterview Tower res./hotel 1,047 ft 1,035 ft 89 2007 website
3. One Museum Park residential 734 ft ... .. 65 2007 website
4. 340 on the Park residential 672 ft 659 ft 64 2007 website
5. The Clare at Watertower residential 595 ft ... .. 50 2007 website
6. The Columbian residential 517 ft ... .. 47 2007 website
7. The Streeter residential 514 ft ... .. 50 2006 website
8. 600 North LSD South Tower residential 513 ft ... .. 46 2009 website
9. 50 East Chestnut residential 495 ft ... .. 40 2007 website
10. The Regatta residential 466 ft 457 ft 45 2006 website
11. The Grand Kingsbury residential 456 ft ... .. 47 2007
12. 600 North LSD North Tower residential 453 ft ... .. 40 2007 website
13. Sky55 - TO residential 425 ft 423 ft 40 2006 website
14. Museum Tower - TO residential 409 ft 401 ft 38 2006
15. Joffrey Tower residential 409 ft ... .. 31 2007 website
16. The Chandler residential 389 ft ... .. 36 2007 website
17. The Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza residential 387 ft ... .. 32 2007 website
18. The Left Bank Apartments residential 366 ft ... .. 36 2006 website
19. Prentice Women’s Hospital - TO hospital 316 ft 307 ft 18 2007 website
20. 30 West Oak residential 290 ft 289 ft 22 2006 website
21. Water Tower Residence Hall residential 282 ft ... .. 26 2006
22. Avenue East residential 276 ft ... .. 26 2006 website
23. River Place on the Park residential 276 ft 261 ft 22 2006 website
24. Prairie Pointe - TO residential 271 ft ... .. 24 2006 website
25. 550 west Adams - TO office 262 ft ... .. 19 2006 website
26. The Lofts at Museum Park II - TO residential 261 ft ... .. 21 2006
27. Museum Park Place residential 259 ft ... .. 23 2006 website
28. Lakeside Tower - TO residential 239 ft ... .. 19 2006 website
29. Maple Tower - TO residential 234 ft ... .. 20 2006 website
30. Vision on State residential 210 ft ... .. 19 2007 website
31. Parc Chestnut - TO residential 196 ft ... .. 15 2006
32. The Superior at Lasalle - TO residential 186 ft 185 ft 14 2006 website
33. Park View East residential 183 ft ... .. 18 2006 website
34. 30 West Erie residential 182 ft ... .. 14 2006
35. 740 Fulton residential 180 ft ... .. 14 2006 website
36. 1620 South Michigan residential 151 ft ... .. 12 2006 website
37. Trio residential ___ ft ... .. 22 2007
38. Stukel Towers 2 educational ___ ft ... .. 12 2007

• “TO” indicates that the building has been topped out
• italics indicate that the building began construction in 2006

on hold:

site prep/demo:

1. The Elysian res./hotel 700 ft ... .. 60 2007 website
2. Parkview West residential 507 ft 497 ft 47 2008
3. The Tides residential 498 ft 483 ft 51 ____
4. 1400 Museum Park residential 345 ft ... .. 32 ____ website
5. Marquee Michigan Avenue residential 295 ft ... .. 25 2007 website
6. CBS 2 Broadcast Center residential ___ ft ... .. 18 2007
7. 451 Huron residential ___ ft ... .. 16 2006 website
8. The Granville residential ___ ft ... .. 12 2007

proposed:*

1. Beitler Telecom Tower** telecom tower 2,000 ft ... .. N/A ____
2. Fordham Spire res./hotel 2,000 ft 1,600 ft 115 2009 website
3. Mandarin Oriental International res./hotel 887 ft*** ... .. 90 2008 website
4. 29-39 South Lasalle office 870 ft 810 ft 51 ____
5. Intercontinental North Tower res./hotel 850 ft ... .. 71 ____
6. Aqua res./hotel 835 ft ... .. 83 ____
7. Legacy at Millennium Park residential 822 ft 792 ft 73 ____ website
8. 300 North Lasalle office 784 ft ... .. 60 2009
9. Cityfront Plaza Tower III res./hotel 750 ft ... .. 65 ____
10. 4th Presbyterian Tower res./office 745 ft ... .. 64 2009
11. 71 East Huron res./office 730 ft 720 ft 65 2009
12. One Museum Park West residential 620 ft ... .. 54 ____ website
13. 601 West Monroe office 620 ft 594 ft 42 ____
14. 351 North Clark office 603 ft ... .. 40 2009
15. 150 East Ontario residential 588 ft 565 ft 51 2008
16. Cityfront Plaza Tower II residential 560 ft ... .. 40 ____
17. River North Center Condos residential 496 ft ... .. __ ____
18. 215 West Washington residential 490 ft 460 ft 44 ____
19. 600 North Fairbanks residential 451 ft ... .. 41 ____ website
20. Silver Tower residential 450 ft ... .. 35 ____ website
21. The Lakeview Middle Tower residential 442 ft ... .. 37 2006
22. 1000 South Michigan residential 429 ft ... .. 40 2006
23. 535 North St. Clair residential 410 ft ... .. 37 ____
24. Astoria Tower residential 374 ft 329 ft 32 ____ website
25. 901 South Wabash residential 369 ft ... .. 43 ____
26. 1001 South Wabash residential 369 ft ... .. 43 ____
27. Cermak-Michigan Condos residential 365 ft ... .. 35 ____
28. 1720 South Michigan residential 364 ft 346 ft 31 ____ website
29. 1600 Museum Park residential 361 ft ... .. 30 ____ website
30. 1035 West Van Buren residential 360 ft ... .. 29 ____
31. 618-630 West Washington residential 350 ft ... .. 31 ____
32. The Huron Club residential 345 ft ... .. 27 ____ website
33. The Lakeview North Tower residential 337 ft ... .. 30 2006
34. Vetro residential 334 ft 317 ft 31 2008 website
35. 3660 North LSD residential 330 ft ... .. 29 ____
36. 735 West Division residential 315 ft ... .. 27 2007
37. Burnham Pointe residential 313 ft ... .. 30 ____ website
38. 550 St. Clair residential 310 ft ... .. 26 2007 website
39. Aristocrat Tower residential 292 ft ... .. 25 ____ website
40. River North Center Hotel hotel 291 ft ... .. __ ____
41. Hudson Tower residential 264 ft ... .. 26 2006 website
42. 1401 South State residential 263 ft 247 ft 22 ____
43. Flair Tower residential 252 ft ... .. 24 ____
44. The Lakeview South Tower residential 235 ft ... .. 21 2006
45. Azure Tower residential 232 ft ... .. 19 ____ website
46. Library Tower residential 207 ft ... .. 16 2006
47. The Inn at Lincoln Park hotel 152 ft ... .. 14 ____
48. 53rd & Cornell Tower residential 136 ft ... .. 12 ____
49. Madison-Racine Condos 1 residential 125 ft ... .. 12 ____
50. Madison-Racine Condos 2 residential 125 ft ... .. 12 ____
51. 830 South Michigan residential ___ ft ... .. 80 ____
52. Blue Cross-Blue Shield**** office ___ ft ... .. 60 ____
53. Medici Towers I residential ___ ft ... .. 53 ____ website
54. 740 North Rush residential ___ ft ... .. 50 ____
55. 155 North Wacker office ___ ft ... .. 50 ____
56. 222 West Randolph office ___ ft ... .. 50 ____
57. One East Superior residential ___ ft ... .. 46 ____
58. Medici Towers II residential ___ ft ... .. 42 ____ website
59. State-Walton condos residential ___ ft ... .. 42 ____
60. Clinton-Kinzie Apartments residential ___ ft ... .. 35 ____
61. Clinton-Kinzie Condos residential ___ ft ... .. 35 ____
62. 85 East Wacker Condos residential ___ ft ... .. 35 ____
63. Wacker Plaza office ___ ft ... .. 34 ____
64. Madison West 645 Tower I office ___ ft ... .. 32 ____
65. Franklin and Randolph office ___ ft ... .. 32 ____
66. ABN AMRO Plaza II office ___ ft ... .. 30 ____
67. Harrison-Wells Condos residential ___ ft ... .. 29 ____
68. 1500 North Dayton I residential ___ ft ... .. 28 ____
69. 1500 North Dayton II residential ___ ft ... .. 28 ____
70. 501 West Huron residential ___ ft ... .. 28 ____
71. 835 West Wilson residential ___ ft ... .. 27 ____
72. Parkview East residential ___ ft ... .. 27 ____
73. Ten East Delaware residential ___ ft ... .. 27 ____ website
74. 110 West Superior residential ___ ft ... .. 26 ____
75. Union Station***** mixed-use ___ ft ... .. 26 ____
76. Michigan Avenue Tower II residential ___ ft ... .. 25 2007 website
77. 540 West Stratford residential ___ ft ... .. 23 ____ website
78. Madison West 645 Tower II office ___ ft ... .. 22 ____
79. 505 North State residential ___ ft ... .. 22 ____
80. 108 North State Condos residential ___ ft ... .. 21 ____
81. 108 North State Hotel residential ___ ft ... .. 20 ____
82. 660 North State residential ___ ft ... .. ~20 ____
83. Theater District Lofts II residential ___ ft ... .. 20 ____ website
84. 1546-1558 South State residential ___ ft ... .. 20 ____
85. 1555-1559 South Clark residential ___ ft ... .. 20 ____
86. 831 South Wabash residential ___ ft ... .. 20 ____
87. 345 North Wells office ___ ft ... .. 18 ____ website
88. 320 West Erie residential ___ ft ... .. 18 ____
89. Printers Corner residential ___ ft ... .. 18 2006 website
90. 811 West Monroe residential ___ ft ... .. 17 ____
91. 120 North Jefferson office ___ ft ... .. 16 ____
92. Staybridge Suites hotel ___ ft ... .. 16 ____
93. South Campus Res. Hall dormitory ___ ft ... .. 14 2008 website
94. Monroe-Aberdeen Condos I residential ___ ft ... .. 12 ____
95. Monroe-Aberdeen Condos II residential ___ ft ... .. 12 ____
96. 150 North Jefferson residential ___ ft ... .. 12 ____

color code:

dark red = over 1,000 ft
red = 700 - 999 ft
indigo = 600 - 699 ft
blue = 500 - 599 ft
green = 400 - 499 ft
brown = 300 - 399 ft
Black = under 300 ft or unknown


Notes:

* - The information for the proposed towers may not be entirely accurate, but it's the best that we have to go on for now. Also keep in mind that there are many more “loosely proposed” towers in the Lake Shore East, Central Station, and River East mega projects that are not included here. This list only contains proposed towers that have been given individual names and designs as opposed to theoretical future towers that exist only as generic ideas within the context of master plans.

** - The Beitler Telecom Tower is not a traditional skyscraper with multiple stacked floors running the full height of the tower, but if built, it would be a very significant addition to the skyline, and thus merits inclusion in this list.

*** - The height for Mandarin Oriental International is likely much taller than the 887’ figure listed. The property it is slated for was once home to an 80 story SCB-designed skyscraper proposal known as Boulevard East Tower, and that is probably where this 887’ figure is coming from. With the Mandarin proposal standing at 90 floors (and likely redesigned from the Boulevard East Tower proposal), it will probably be in the 1,000’ range, if built.

**** - Blue Cross-Blue Shield is an existing office tower that currently stands 411 ft./32 floors tall. The tower was designed to accommodate a significant vertical addition. Current plans call for a 28 story addition which would take the tower to a total of 60 floors and well over the 700 ft. threshold.

***** – Union Station is an early 20th century, 8 story train station. The structure was designed to accommodate a significant vertical addition. Current plans call for an 18 story addition which would take the building to a total of 26 floors.


- Skyscraperpage thread links:

Diagram of Chicago’s new skyline

Tom In Chicago’s highrise development maps

STR’s wicked-cool 3-D Chicago thread

CHICAGO: Beitler Telecom Tower Tower

CHICAGO: Fordham Spire

CHICAGO: Trump Tower

CHICAGO: Waterview Tower

CHICAGO: Mandarin Oriental International

CHICAGO: Intercontinental North Tower

CHICAGO: Legacy at Millennium Park

CHICAGO: 300 N. Lasalle

CHICAGO: 71 East Huron

CHICAGO: One Museum Park

CHICAGO: The Elysian

CHICAGO: Block 37

[adam186]

Under Construction


Trump Tower Chicago



Waterview Tower



One Museum Park



340 on the Park



The Clare at Water Tower



The Columbian



The Streeter



600 North LSD – South Tower on the left



50 East Chestnut



The Regatta



The Grand Kingsbury



600 North LSD – North Tower on the right



Sky55



Museum Tower



Joffrey Tower



The Chandler



The Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza



The Left Bank Apartments



Prentice Women’s Hospital



30 west Oak



Water Tower residence Hall



Avenue East



River Place on the Park



Prairie Pointe



550 West Adams



The Lofts at Museum Park II



Museum Park Place



Lakeside Tower



Maple Tower



Vision on State



Parc Chestnut



The Superior at Lasalle



Park View East



30 West Erie



740 Fulton



1620 South Michigan



Trio



Stukel Towers 2




On Hold




Site Prep/demo


The Elysian



Parkview West



The Tides



1400 Museum Park



Marquee Michigan Avenue



451 Huron



The Granville




Proposed


Beitler Telecom Tower



Fordham Spire



Mandarin Oriental International



29-39 South Lasalle



Intercontinental North Tower



Aqua




Legacy at Millennium Park



300 North Lasalle



Cityfront Plaza - Tower III at center



4th Presbyterian Tower



71 East Huron



One Museum park West



601 West Monroe



150 East Ontario



Cityfront Plaza - Tower II on the left



600 North Fairbanks



Silver Tower



The Lakeview



1000 South Michigan



535 North St. Clair



Astoria Tower



Cermak-Michigan Condos



1720 South Michigan



1600 Museum Park



1035 West Van Buren



618-630 West Washington



The Huron Club



Vetro



3660 North LSD



735 West Division



Burnham Pointe



550 St. Clair



Aristocrat Tower



Hudson Tower



1401 South State



Flair Tower



Azure Tower



Library Tower



The Inn at Lincoln Park



53rd & Cornell Tower



Wacker Plaza



Madison West 645 Towers I & II



501 West Huron



Ten East Delaware



110 West Superior



Union Station



Michigan Avenue Tower II



Theater District Lofts II



State-Clark Condos



345 North Wells



Printers Corner



811 West Monroe



Staybridge Suites



South Campus Residential Hall



150 North Jefferson






Evanston mini-boom:

     name                                    use         struct. ht.     roof ht.    floors     year

recently completed:

1. Optima Views residential 265 ft ... .. 28 2003
2. Church Street Station residential 179 ft ... .. 17 2002
3. Optima Horizons residential 162 ft ... .. 16 2005
4. Optima Towers residential 136 ft ... .. 13 2002

under construction:

1. Sherman Plaza residential 276 ft ... .. 25 2006

• “TO” indicates that the building has been topped out
• italics indicate that the building began construction in 2006

proposed:

1. 605 Davis residential 210 ft ... .. 20 2007
2. Carroll Place residential 210 ft ... .. 18 ____
3. Winthrop Club residential 155 ft ... .. 15 2008 website
4. Optima Esplanade residential ___ ft ... .. 18 ____
5. 413-421 Howard Apartments residential ___ ft ... .. 17 2006

- here are renderings for some of the under construction and proposed projects:


Under Construction


Sherman Plaza



Proposed


Carroll Place



Winthrop Club



413-421 Howard Apartments




Suburban mini-boom:


name location use struct. ht. roof ht. floors year

recently completed:

1. Schaumburg Corp. Center III SC office 184 ft ... .. 14 2002
2. Harrah’s Casino Hotel EC hotel 179 ft ... .. 15 2001
3. Arlington Heights Town Square AH residential 138 ft ... .. 13 2000

under construction:

1. Lombard Westin Hotel LB hotel 223 ft ... .. 19 2007
2. Optima Old Orchard Woods SK residential 196 ft ... .. 20 2006
3. Renaissance Hotel - TO SC hotel 187 ft ... .. 17 2006
4. Condos at 7 Bridges WR residential 140 ft ... .. 12 2006
5. Westin North Shore - TO WH hotel ___ ft ... .. 15 2006

• “TO” indicates that the building has been topped out
• italics indicate that the building began construction in 2006

proposed:

1. Joliet Towers JO residential ___ ft ... .. 20 2006
2. Riviera DP residential ___ ft ... .. 14 2007
3. Harlem-Ontario Apartments OP residential ___ ft ... .. 14 ____
4. Fairfield Inn NV hotel ___ ft ... .. 13 ____

location code:

AH = Arlington Heights
DP = Des Plaines
EC = East Chicago
JO = Joliet
LB = Lombard
NV = Naperville
OP = Oak Park
SC = Schaumburg
SK = Skokie
WH = Wheeling
WR = Woodridge


- here are renderings for some of the under construction and proposed projects:


Under Construction


Lombard Westin Hotel



Optima Old Orchard Woods



Renaaissance Hotel



Condos at 7 Bridges



Westin North Shore



Proposed


Joliet Towers



Riviera




All of the credit for this thread goes to the hard-working and extremely dedicated Chicago editors and photographers of Emporis. It is they who track down developers and architects to get height data and renderings. It is they who schlep around town taking pictures and keeping track of the status of all the various projects in Chicago. I merely arrange the information they gather into this simple, concise, and easy to read list.

[adam186]

Okay, I'm done. I need to do more editing but you may now post comments and such. I hope you enjoyed it.

[MTO]

This thread is freaking awesome

[Omaha Cowboy]

The utimate in comprehensive..

Thanks for putting together all this great info on Chicago development..

Excellent job adam!

..Ciao..LiO....Peace

[DTO Luv]

Yeah for Chicago. But do they ahve this?



A cool thing to consider is that Omaha and Chicago's 3rd tallest buildings will both be residential.

I have to comment on the Trump building though. That location has one of the most impressive clusters of old buildings I've ever seen. This really doesn't fit the area.

[MTO]

heck Trump has enough pocket change (so do some locals) to throw up a supertall here… now its just up to DTO to persuade them to.

[adam186]

I have to comment on the Trump building though. That location has one of the most impressive clusters of old buildings I've ever seen. This really doesn't fit the area.

Ya, it's really to early tell right now though. SOM actually designed the buiding to recess at 3 very important heights. First setback is below the Wrigley building, 2nd setback for Marnia City, 3rd setback at IBM level. I would suggest you to look at STRs 3-D Chicago model.

[MTO]

One question though, I thought the Beitler tower was dead and the Fordham was going fulfill its purpose. Although I hope both eventually go up of course.

[adam186]

One question though, I thought the Beitler tower was dead and the Fordham was going fulfill its purpose. Although I hope both eventually go up of course.

Good question, there was talk of taking it off the list. However, there has been renewed interest in the site. I don't think it will be built though. Fordham Spire is planning on integrating HD antennaes into the spire. If that happens Beitler TV tower will not happen. I hope Fordham Spire gets built more so than Beitler.

[MTO]

That Staybridge Suites is kind of a rip-off of the new MIT dorms.

[adam186]

On Feb 22, Chicago started construction on two 500+ towers in the same day. Waterview Tower at 1,047 feet and The Clare at 595 feet. With the start of construction on the Waterview Tower, Chicago now has 2 1,000+ footer underconstruction. First time since Sears and AON were underconstruction in the 70's.

Also, a preliminary model (not yet released to the public) of the much antipated AQUA building which is part of the $4 billion Lakeshore East development. Aqua will be 835 ft (obligated to change)


I will update the rundown to reflect these changes. FYI- Chicago will have 95 500+ footers with many more in the line up.

[MTO]

[MTO]

Aqua makes me think of Barbie Girl.

[adam186]

What building would you like mostly to be built in Omaha? Not necessarily the tallest, but a good design that would fit into Omaha skyline perfectly.

Also, I'm going to update the rundown so the pics have the height on them as well. Please POST anything.

[MTO]

I know it’s kind of tall but that waterview would compliment the FNC very nicely.

[adam186]

I was thinking 300 North LaSalle would compliment the FNB tower better, but I would a 1,047' 4" tower any day.

[MTO]

How about something curvy like 71 East Huron?

[adam186]

Ya, but I think something like that is in the works already? I really like One Museum Park. It could stand by the new DT ballpark or by Gene Leahy Mall and create a street all. I don't know, that would be really cool.

[Bomaha]

any of those glass buildings would fit downtown.

they are awesome.

by the way, what style would those be (do ya know what i'm talkin about)

[adam186]

I have no idea what kind of style those glassy buildings are except maybe "Modern". Does someone with architectural experience or knowledge of this sort of thing know? I've been kind of wanting to know as well.

[adam186]

I'm working on a major update. It should take several hours and a lot of work. I plan on rolling it out sometime this weekend.

Revisions include:
1. Moving all pictures to my hosting site
2. Adding new renderings for a few major projects and others
3. Adding more projects
4. Adding height info above pictures
5. Other minor revisions I can't think of right now

[MTO]

You mean they got even more |expletive| than that coming?

[adam186]

Yep! I'm going to show you guys something here in a little bit. A really cool graphic I found. Hold on a sec.

[MTO]

HURRY UP ALREADY!

[adam186]

Here are just a few of the major buildings that are going to impact the skyline from this angle.

[MTO]

I see 5 new ones in that is that correct mr. vanzee?

[adam186]

And another with some of the proposed/approved/underconstruction buildings clustered together.

[MTO]

Wow and just that would dwarf DTKC..

[adam186]

I see 5 new ones in that is that correct mr. vanzee?

Nope, there are 6. You may be overlooking the Spertus Institute on the far left. It's tiny and blue.

[MTO]

Oh yeah that little turd, what the heck is that?

[adam186]

It's an art institute.

[MTO]

Hey Adam can you post a pic of the chi-town skyline (preferably the future one with the biggies) and put a line at the height of the FNC please?

[adam186]

sure, stay tuned.

[adam186]

Here you go:
The the building right next to it on the left (super imposed) is 672 ft. Enjoy!!

[MTO]

OMG I knew that would be humbling.

[MTO]

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[the1wags]

Here you go:
The the building right next to it on the left (super imposed) is 672 ft. Enjoy!!

I think your shortchanging the FNC tower a bit there Adam. The Aon Center (tall white tower to the left) is just over 1000ft and you have FNC about half as tall, which makes it look about 500ft, not the 643 or whatever it is. Better start checking your added buildings. But yeah, still humbling.

[DTO Luv]

I can't see the pictures from work, but if the Board of Trade is in the picture (old building in the southern end of the skyline by the Sears Tower) it is the closest to FNC's 633'.

[adam186]

Wags, you may be right. However, I was basing the height according to someone elses work. The 672 foot building on the left that is super imposed, underconstruction, may not be accurate but I think it's pretty close. As far as the Aon goes, I wouldn't consider 1,136 ft just over 1,000 (I guess it depends on how you look at it). Thanks for comenting, sometimes I feel my work is unappreciated when no one posts. I can be soft like Jeff from time to time .