Lakeshore East
Encyclopedia
Lakeshore East is a master-planned mixed use urban development being built by the Magellan Development
Group in the Loop
community area
of Chicago
in Cook County, Illinois
, United States. It is located in the northeastern part of the Loop, which, along with Illinois Center
, is called the Near East Side. The development is bordered by Wacker Drive
to the north, Columbus Drive
to the west, Lake Shore Drive
to the east, and East Randolph Street to the south. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
created the master plan for the area. The development, which had been scheduled for completion in 2011, is now set for completion in 2013. Although the majority of the buildings in the neighborhood will be 21st century constructions resulting from the master plan, some of the current buildings were built as early as the 1960s and 1970s decades. Thus, the term "Lakeshore East" refers only to the components of the new master plan, while the term New Eastside refers to the greater neighborhood surrounding Lakeshore East that extends westward to Michigan Avenue
. However, there is little distinction between buildings in the masterplan and other buildings in the region because the pre-existing buildings are referred to as being located in the Lakeshore East area.
Lakeshore East features several of the tallest buildings in Chicago and may include a few of the tallest buildings in the United States. The overall planned development, the park, and several of the individual buildings have won awards for architecture
and/or urban planning
. The buildings are planned for various types of residential use (condominium
s, apartment
s, or hotel
s). Due to the neighborhood's proximity to both Lake Michigan
to the east and the Chicago River
to the north, many of the buildings are named with aquatic or nautical themes. As of August 2008, 1,500 condominiums have been sold and 1,200 apartments have been completed.
yards. After World War II
, the railroads sold airspace
rights north of Randolph Street. For several years after the rail yards were vacated, the site was used as a 9-hole golf
course. Pete Dye
designed the course, known as Metro Golf at Illinois Center, which was completed in 1994 and closed in 2001. The area was originally planned for development as part of the Illinois Center
, and one of the challenges to the new development was to integrate itself into the inherited triple-level street system
while creating a visually appealing and pedestrian friendly neighborhood. The solution was to stagger ground-level amenities and building entrances from the upper level at the perimeter to the lower level at the interior. Thus the multilevel street grid is utilized around the edges, with large parking structures in the podiums, while a large park at the lowest level forms the core of the development.
The following buildings pre-existed the 21st century master plan for the neighborhood: Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower, Three Illinois Center, Swissôtel Chicago, Buckingham Plaza, The Parkshore
, North Harbor Tower
, 400 East Randolph Street Condominiums and Harbor Point. A 27-floor expansion of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower was completed in 2010. When Harbor Point and 400 East Randolph were built, Lake Shore Drive ran through this neighborhood to the west of these buildings, but it has since been rerouted to the east of these buildings.
The Chicago Pedway
, which has existed since 1951, connects to public and private buildings, Chicago Transit Authority
stations and Metra
commuter rail facilities. The 4, 6 and 60 CTA bus routes run along the borders of the Lakeshore East area, and the 60 makes a turnaround within it on Harbor Drive. The pedway has been a controversy for Lakeshore East residents since they were promised a fully linked pedway to Buckingham Plaza and North Harbor Tower
in the early 1990s as part of the construction plans. The archives available on the NewEastside.org website show numerous plans and unfulfilled promise regarding connecting the Pedway to most of the New Eastside.
as the design partner, calls for fourteen high-rise condominiums and two commercial officespace superstructures. Lakeshore East is within walking distance to the Chicago River
, Lake Michigan
, DuSable Harbor, Michigan Avenue
, Grant Park
, and Millennium Park
.
The park, named Lakeshore East Park, opened in 2005 and is supported by a mixture of public funds from the Chicago Park District
and private funds from the neighboring Lakeshore East condominium buildings. It is the city's first and currently only free wireless
park. The park features several fountains.
Lakeshore East is a venture of Magellan Development
Group LLC, a recently formed corporate partnership culminating a long-term collaboration between Magellan Development Group and NNP Residential & Development.
All of the buildings in Lakeshore East are luxury condos and high-end apartment highrises. Many of them are named with an aquatic theme. In addition to the luxury skyscrapers, the development will include 24 ultra-luxury town homes
in the $2 million price range.
National Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design. The park was honored as the Best New Park in Chicago by Chicago magazine and the city’s Best New Open Space by the Friends of Downtown. The master plan, the park and several individual buildings have won numerous other awards.
In 2008, the International Real Estate Federation declared the Lakeshore East master plan the recipient of the FIABCI
Prix D'Excellence international award. Lakeshore was the only United States winner for international design excellence.
The Lancaster
was Lakeshore East's first new completed building. The Shoreham
was Lakeshore East's first completed apartment building. 340 on the Park
was briefly the tallest all-residential building in Chicago, but was surpassed by One Museum Park
. Aqua is the first skyscraper in Chicago to combine condominium residences, luxury rentals, deluxe hotel and retail spaces in the same structure and it is believed to be the tallest building in the United States designed by a female-run architectural firm. The development will have its own village center, currently under construction, named Village Market Center, which will include a full service supermarket
.
Other
Magellan Development
Magellan Development Group, LLC is a Chicago real estate and property development company that was formed as a result of a long term corporate partnership between Magellan Development Group and NNP Residential Development....
Group in the Loop
Chicago Loop
The Loop or Chicago Loop is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas located in the City of Chicago, Illinois. It is the historic commercial center of downtown Chicago...
community area
Community areas of Chicago
Community areas in Chicago refers to the work of the Social Science Research Committee at University of Chicago which has unofficially divided the City of Chicago into 77 community areas. These areas are well-defined and static...
of Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
in Cook County, Illinois
Cook County, Illinois
Cook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, with its county seat in Chicago. It is the second most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles County. The county has 5,194,675 residents, which is 40.5 percent of all Illinois residents. Cook County's population is larger than...
, United States. It is located in the northeastern part of the Loop, which, along with Illinois Center
Illinois Center
Illinois Center is a mixed-use urban development in downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA, lying east of Michigan Avenue. It is notable in that the streets running through it have three levels. Elsewhere in Chicago, some streets have two levels, with the lower level for through traffic and service...
, is called the Near East Side. The development is bordered by Wacker Drive
Wacker Drive
Wacker Drive is a major street in Chicago, Illinois, United States, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River...
to the north, Columbus Drive
Columbus Drive (Chicago)
Columbus Drive is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois which bisects Grant Park. It is 254 E in Chicago's street numbering system. Its south end is an interchange with Lake Shore Drive at Soldier Field...
to the west, Lake Shore Drive
Lake Shore Drive
Lake Shore Drive is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. Except for the portion north of Foster Avenue , Lake Shore Drive is designated as part of U.S...
to the east, and East Randolph Street to the south. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP is an American architectural and engineering firm that was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. They opened their first branch in New York City, New York in 1937. SOM is one of the largest...
created the master plan for the area. The development, which had been scheduled for completion in 2011, is now set for completion in 2013. Although the majority of the buildings in the neighborhood will be 21st century constructions resulting from the master plan, some of the current buildings were built as early as the 1960s and 1970s decades. Thus, the term "Lakeshore East" refers only to the components of the new master plan, while the term New Eastside refers to the greater neighborhood surrounding Lakeshore East that extends westward to Michigan Avenue
Michigan Avenue (Chicago)
Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system...
. However, there is little distinction between buildings in the masterplan and other buildings in the region because the pre-existing buildings are referred to as being located in the Lakeshore East area.
Lakeshore East features several of the tallest buildings in Chicago and may include a few of the tallest buildings in the United States. The overall planned development, the park, and several of the individual buildings have won awards for architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
and/or urban planning
Urban planning
Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....
. The buildings are planned for various types of residential use (condominium
Condominium
A condominium, or condo, is the form of housing tenure and other real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate is individually owned while use of and access to common facilities in the piece such as hallways, heating system, elevators, exterior areas is executed under legal rights...
s, apartment
Apartment
An apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building...
s, or hotel
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
s). Due to the neighborhood's proximity to both Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron...
to the east and the Chicago River
Chicago River
The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of the same name, including its center . Though not especially long, the river is notable for being the reason why Chicago became an important location, as the link between the Great Lakes and...
to the north, many of the buildings are named with aquatic or nautical themes. As of August 2008, 1,500 condominiums have been sold and 1,200 apartments have been completed.
History
Previous to this urban development, the Lakeshore East area had been used by Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with New Orleans, Louisiana and Birmingham, Alabama. A line also connected Chicago with Sioux City, Iowa...
yards. After World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the railroads sold airspace
Airspace
Airspace means the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a country above its territory, including its territorial waters or, more generally, any specific three-dimensional portion of the atmosphere....
rights north of Randolph Street. For several years after the rail yards were vacated, the site was used as a 9-hole golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
course. Pete Dye
Pete Dye
Paul B. "Pete" Dye is a world-renowned golf course designer and a member of a famous family of course designers. He is married to fellow designer and former amateur champion Alice Dye.-Early life:Pete Dye was born in Urbana, Ohio...
designed the course, known as Metro Golf at Illinois Center, which was completed in 1994 and closed in 2001. The area was originally planned for development as part of the Illinois Center
Illinois Center
Illinois Center is a mixed-use urban development in downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA, lying east of Michigan Avenue. It is notable in that the streets running through it have three levels. Elsewhere in Chicago, some streets have two levels, with the lower level for through traffic and service...
, and one of the challenges to the new development was to integrate itself into the inherited triple-level street system
Multilevel streets in Chicago
Downtown Chicago, Illinois has some double-decked and a few triple-decked streets immediately north and south of the Main Branch and immediately east of the South Branch of the Chicago River. The most famous and longest of these is Wacker Drive, which replaced the South Water Street Market upon its...
while creating a visually appealing and pedestrian friendly neighborhood. The solution was to stagger ground-level amenities and building entrances from the upper level at the perimeter to the lower level at the interior. Thus the multilevel street grid is utilized around the edges, with large parking structures in the podiums, while a large park at the lowest level forms the core of the development.
The following buildings pre-existed the 21st century master plan for the neighborhood: Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower, Three Illinois Center, Swissôtel Chicago, Buckingham Plaza, The Parkshore
The Parkshore
The Parkshore is a 556ft tall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. It was completed in 1991 and has 56 floors. Barancik Conte designed the building, which is the 53rd tallest in Chicago.-References:**...
, North Harbor Tower
North Harbor Tower
North Harbor Tower is a 556ft tall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. It was completed in 1988 and has 55 floors. Fujikawa Johnson & Associates designed the building, which is the 53rd tallest in Chicago...
, 400 East Randolph Street Condominiums and Harbor Point. A 27-floor expansion of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower was completed in 2010. When Harbor Point and 400 East Randolph were built, Lake Shore Drive ran through this neighborhood to the west of these buildings, but it has since been rerouted to the east of these buildings.
The Chicago Pedway
Chicago Pedway
The Chicago Pedway is a network of tunnels, ground-level concourses and overhead bridges connecting skyscrapers, retail stores, hotels and train stations throughout the central business district of Chicago, Illinois. Having a length of more than 40 downtown blocks, it contains shops, restaurants...
, which has existed since 1951, connects to public and private buildings, Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Transit Authority, also known as CTA, is the operator of mass transit within the City of Chicago, Illinois and some of its surrounding suburbs....
stations and Metra
Metra
Metra is the commuter rail division of the Illinois Regional Transportation Authority. The system serves Chicago and its metropolitan area through 240 stations on 11 different rail lines. Throughout the 21st century, Metra has been the second busiest commuter rail system in the United States by...
commuter rail facilities. The 4, 6 and 60 CTA bus routes run along the borders of the Lakeshore East area, and the 60 makes a turnaround within it on Harbor Drive. The pedway has been a controversy for Lakeshore East residents since they were promised a fully linked pedway to Buckingham Plaza and North Harbor Tower
North Harbor Tower
North Harbor Tower is a 556ft tall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. It was completed in 1988 and has 55 floors. Fujikawa Johnson & Associates designed the building, which is the 53rd tallest in Chicago...
in the early 1990s as part of the construction plans. The archives available on the NewEastside.org website show numerous plans and unfulfilled promise regarding connecting the Pedway to most of the New Eastside.
Overview
This $4 billion lifestyle center spans 28 acre (0.04375003868261 sq mi; 0.11331208 km²), and will include 4,950 residences, 2200000 square feet (204,386.7 m²) of gross commercial space, 1,500 hotel rooms, 770000 square feet (71,535.3 m²) of retail space and a planned elementary school surrounding a magnificent 6 acres (24,281.2 m²) botanical park. The plan, which had Adrian SmithAdrian Smith (architect)
Adrian D. Smith is an American architect who has designed skyscrapers including the Burj Khalifa, Jin Mao Tower and Trump International Hotel and Tower, as well as the proposed Kingdom Tower for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.-Education:...
as the design partner, calls for fourteen high-rise condominiums and two commercial officespace superstructures. Lakeshore East is within walking distance to the Chicago River
Chicago River
The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of the same name, including its center . Though not especially long, the river is notable for being the reason why Chicago became an important location, as the link between the Great Lakes and...
, Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron...
, DuSable Harbor, Michigan Avenue
Michigan Avenue (Chicago)
Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system...
, Grant Park
Grant Park (Chicago)
Grant Park, with between the downtown Chicago Loop and Lake Michigan, offers many different attractions in its large open space. The park is generally flat. It is also crossed by large boulevards and even a bed of sunken railroad tracks...
, and Millennium Park
Millennium Park
Millennium Park is a public park located in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, USA and originally intended to celebrate the millennium. It is a prominent civic center near the city's Lake Michigan shoreline that covers a section of northwestern Grant Park. The area was previously...
.
The park, named Lakeshore East Park, opened in 2005 and is supported by a mixture of public funds from the Chicago Park District
Chicago Park District
The Chicago Park District is the oldest and largest park district in the U.S.A, with a $385 million annual budget. It has the distinction of spending the most per capita on its parks, even more than Boston in terms of park expenses per capita...
and private funds from the neighboring Lakeshore East condominium buildings. It is the city's first and currently only free wireless
Wireless
Wireless telecommunications is the transfer of information between two or more points that are not physically connected. Distances can be short, such as a few meters for television remote control, or as far as thousands or even millions of kilometers for deep-space radio communications...
park. The park features several fountains.
Lakeshore East is a venture of Magellan Development
Magellan Development
Magellan Development Group, LLC is a Chicago real estate and property development company that was formed as a result of a long term corporate partnership between Magellan Development Group and NNP Residential Development....
Group LLC, a recently formed corporate partnership culminating a long-term collaboration between Magellan Development Group and NNP Residential & Development.
All of the buildings in Lakeshore East are luxury condos and high-end apartment highrises. Many of them are named with an aquatic theme. In addition to the luxury skyscrapers, the development will include 24 ultra-luxury town homes
Townhouse
A townhouse is the term historically used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in many other countries to describe a residence of a peer or member of the aristocracy in the capital or major city. Most such figures owned one or more country houses in which they lived for much of the year...
in the $2 million price range.
Awards
The master plan won the 2002 American Institute of ArchitectsAmerican Institute of Architects
The American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...
National Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design. The park was honored as the Best New Park in Chicago by Chicago magazine and the city’s Best New Open Space by the Friends of Downtown. The master plan, the park and several individual buildings have won numerous other awards.
In 2008, the International Real Estate Federation declared the Lakeshore East master plan the recipient of the FIABCI
FIABCI
FIABCI the International Real Estate Federation, was founded in 1949 by the French asset manager Mr. Pierre Colleville. It was registered as a non-profit professional organisation in Paris on 2 June 1951. It is the only worldwide real estate association that represents all of the real estate...
Prix D'Excellence international award. Lakeshore was the only United States winner for international design excellence.
Building construction
| Building | Address | Completed | Stories | Height | Use |
| 400 East Randolph | 400 E. Randolph Street | 1963 | 40 | 378 feet (115.2 m) | |
| Harbor Point | 155 N. Harbor Drive | 1975 | 54 | 550 feet (167.6 m) | |
| Three Illinois Center | 303 E. Wacker Drive Wacker Drive Wacker Drive is a major street in Chicago, Illinois, United States, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River... |
1979 | 28 | 350 feet (106.7 m) | |
| The Buckingham | 360 E. Randolph Street | 1982 | 44 | 400 feet (121.9 m) | Condominium |
| North Harbor Tower North Harbor Tower North Harbor Tower is a 556ft tall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. It was completed in 1988 and has 55 floors. Fujikawa Johnson & Associates designed the building, which is the 53rd tallest in Chicago... |
175 N. Harbor Drive | 1988 | 55 | 556 feet (169.5 m) | |
| Swissôtel Chicago | 323 E. Wacker Drive | 1989 | 45 | 457 feet (139.3 m) | Hotel |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower | 300 E. Randolph Street | 2009* | 54 | 743 feet (226.5 m) | |
| The Parkshore The Parkshore The Parkshore is a 556ft tall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. It was completed in 1991 and has 56 floors. Barancik Conte designed the building, which is the 53rd tallest in Chicago.-References:**... |
195 N. Harbor Drive | 1991 | 56 | 556 feet (169.5 m) | |
| The Lancaster The Lancaster The Lancaster was the first luxury residential condominium tower completed at Lakeshore East in Chicago. Finished in 2005, the 30-story building features an asymmetrical design with glass, steel and concrete construction. Approximately 200 residential units occupy floors 1-29, and the 30th floor... |
201 N. Westshore Drive | 2005 | 30 | 324 feet (98.8 m) | Condominium |
| The Shoreham The Shoreham The Shoreham was completed in 2005 as the first luxury rental residence in the Lakeshore East development in Chicago. The 173-meter 46-story tower accommodates 548 residences and was designed by Loewenberg Architects and developed by Magellan Development... |
400 E. South Water Street | 2005 | 47 | 450 feet (137.2 m) | Apartment/Retail |
| The Regatta The Regatta The Regatta is a 44-story high-rise designed by DeStefano + Partners and developed by Magellan Development Group. Completed in 2006, The Regatta is located at 420 E. Waterside Drive in the Lakeshore East area of Chicago. The tower's dual elliptical glass curtain walls were designed to reflect the... |
420 E. Waterside Drive | 2007 | 45 | 466 feet (142 m) | Condominium |
| 340 on the Park 340 on the Park 340 on the Park is a residential tower in the Lakeshore East development of the neighborhood of New Eastside/ East Loop Chicago and was completed in 2007. The building briefly surpassed 55 East Erie as the tallest all-residential building in Chicago... |
340 E. Randolph Street | 2007 | 64 | 672 feet (204.8 m) | Condominium/Retail |
| The Chandler The Chandler The Chandler is a 35-story high-rise situated at the mouth of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. Completed in 2007, The Chandler is located at 450 E. Waterside Drive in the Lakeshore East area of Chicago. The Chandler is part of urban community development, Lakeshore East.-External links:* at... |
450 E. Waterside Drive | 2008 | 36 | 389 feet (118.6 m) | Condominium |
| The Tides The Tides The Tides was designed by Loewenberg Architects and developed by Magellan Development and was the second luxury rental tower completed at the Lakeshore East development, Chicago, USA. The 51-storey tower is located at 360 East South Water Street, East of the Chicago Loop... |
360 E. South Water Street | 2008 | 51 | 500 feet (152.4 m) | Apartment |
| Aqua | 225 N. Columbus Dr. Columbus Drive (Chicago) Columbus Drive is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois which bisects Grant Park. It is 254 E in Chicago's street numbering system. Its south end is an interchange with Lake Shore Drive at Soldier Field... |
2009 | 82 | 822 feet (250.5 m) | Hotel/Apartment/Condominium |
| 375 East Wacker Drive 375 East Wacker Drive 375 East Wacker is a 76-story mixed-use skyscraper planned for the Lakeshore East area of Chicago.- Design :The façade will be mostly glass with limestone accents and the façade will be lit with LEDs which would change colors with the seasons. North Field Drive will pass under the structure... |
375 E. Wacker Drive | proposed | 76 | 1030 feet (313.9 m) | Hotel/Condominium |
| Lakeshore East Building 2-O | proposed | 650 feet (198.1 m) | |||
| Lakeshore East Building 2-A | proposed | 550 feet (167.6 m) | |||
| Lakeshore East Building 3-I | proposed | 525 feet (160 m) | |||
| Lakeshore East Building 1-K | proposed | 420 feet (128 m) | |||
| Lakeshore East Building 3-J | proposed | 340 feet (103.6 m) | |||
| Lakeshore East Building 3-L | proposed | 280 feet (85.3 m) | |||
The Lancaster
The Lancaster
The Lancaster was the first luxury residential condominium tower completed at Lakeshore East in Chicago. Finished in 2005, the 30-story building features an asymmetrical design with glass, steel and concrete construction. Approximately 200 residential units occupy floors 1-29, and the 30th floor...
was Lakeshore East's first new completed building. The Shoreham
The Shoreham
The Shoreham was completed in 2005 as the first luxury rental residence in the Lakeshore East development in Chicago. The 173-meter 46-story tower accommodates 548 residences and was designed by Loewenberg Architects and developed by Magellan Development...
was Lakeshore East's first completed apartment building. 340 on the Park
340 on the Park
340 on the Park is a residential tower in the Lakeshore East development of the neighborhood of New Eastside/ East Loop Chicago and was completed in 2007. The building briefly surpassed 55 East Erie as the tallest all-residential building in Chicago...
was briefly the tallest all-residential building in Chicago, but was surpassed by One Museum Park
One Museum Park
One Museum Park is a skyscraper in Chicago, USA. It was designed by Chicago-based architecture firm Pappageorge Haymes, Ltd. and is located in the Near South Side community area.-Overview:...
. Aqua is the first skyscraper in Chicago to combine condominium residences, luxury rentals, deluxe hotel and retail spaces in the same structure and it is believed to be the tallest building in the United States designed by a female-run architectural firm. The development will have its own village center, currently under construction, named Village Market Center, which will include a full service supermarket
Supermarket
A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...
.
Other
- Benton Place Parkhomes (townhouses) (2009)