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The Chicago Spire was a skyscraper project in Chicago that was partially built between 2007 and 2008 before being cancelled. Located at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive , it would have stood 2,000 feet (610 m) high with 150 floors and been the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
DuSable Park was a staging area for the construction site of the now cancelled Chicago Spire. In July 2005, Christopher Carley of the Fordham Company announced a new development project called the Fordham Spire. [4] The Fordham Company pledged nearly $500,000 to assist in the development of the park, which was to adjoin the site of their new ...
The Chicago Spire, a 150-story tower condo tower, was designed by Santiago Calatrava for a site overlooking Lake Michigan. The cocky, corkscrew shaped building was expected to cost more than $1.
At the request of Mayor Daley, Garrett was involved with Chicago's 2016 bid for the Olympics. In July 2006 Kelleher stepped in and bought a site at the intersection of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan after an earlier developer failed to close on the land. The 2.2-acre (8,900 m 2) site would have housed the now-cancelled Chicago Spire. It ...
Chicago mayors have known over the years that re-election can be one major legacy project away. That may have been on Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s mind when she selected Bally’s $1.74 billion casino ...
On July 21, 2011, Davies announced his plans for the Twin Towers within the Old Chicago Main Post Office Redevelopment. [2] [3] Davies' plans were filed by his company, International Property Developers. [4] A previous 2,000-foot (610 m) building plan for the Chicago Spire stalled during the Great Recession. [4] The plan was approved on July 18 ...
One South Dearborn was built on the site instead. [226] [227] Chicago Spire: 2,000 (610) 150 2007 — 400 Lake Shore Drive is the current proposal for the site. [228] [229] Old Chicago Main Post Office Twin Towers: 2,000 (610) 120 2011 2014 Part of the Old Chicago Main Post Office Redevelopment pursued by Bill Davies. [230] Waterview Tower ...
A nearly two-decade-old vision for redeveloping the old Uniroyal site along the Detroit riverfront with housing has come to an end. Members of the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority voted ...