400 Lake Shore Drive

400 Lake Shore Drive was a proposed set of connected towers to be built in Chicago, Illinois. Related Midwest is developing the project, and the firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the buildings. It was scheduled to be completed by 2023.[1]

400 Lake Shore Drive
General information
TypeResidential
LocationChicago, Illinois
CountryUnited States
Estimated completionUnknown
Closed2022
Height875 ft
Design and construction
ArchitectSOM

Site history
Main article: Chicago Spire

Original plans for the site included the Chicago Spire, which would have been second tallest building in the world had it been built as planned.[2] Related Midwest purchased the debt associated with the property in June 2013.[3] Ongoing difficulties caused by the Great Recession prevented construction of the Spire, and Related Midwest gained control of the site in 2014.[4] After acquiring the deed to the property, Related did not indicate whether it would develop the land or sell it.[5]

Architectural firm Gensler released conceptual renderings for the site in mid-2016, and dubbed their proposal the Gateway Tower.[6] Renders for the site by ZHA leaked in December 2017, but Related Midwest denied these were the final designs for the site.[7]

Related released official plans for the site in May 2018. The designs call for a two tower complex, with one 875-foot tower and a connected 765-foot tower clad in terracotta.[1] In October 2018, the office of Alderman Brendan Reilly disclosed that he had rejected the plans released in May because of various concerns with the development's potential impact on the neighborhood. Reilly objected to the inclusion of hotel rooms and the scale of the podium connecting the two buildings.[8] Without Reilly's approval, the project cannot move forward.[8]

See also

References
  1. Kozlarz, Jay (16 May 2018). "Slender two-tower plan pitched for former Chicago Spire site". Curbed. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  2. Kamin, Blair (26 July 2005). "Tallest tower to twist rivals". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  3. "The saga of the Chicago Spire". Chicago Tribune. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  4. Podmolik, Mary Ellen (3 November 2014). "Related to Spire developer: Where's the deed?". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  5. Podmolik, Mary Ellen (4 November 2014). "Related gets deed to Chicago Spire site". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  6. "Gensler Devises a Megatall Replacement for the Chicago Spire Site". Archdaily.com. June 6, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  7. Koziarz, Jay (29 December 2017). "Another conceptual rendering for the Chicago Spire site surfaces". Curbed. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  8. Kozlarz, Jay (22 October 2018). "Alderman pumps the brakes on Related's plan for former Chicago Spire site". Curbed. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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