Chicago
Transit accessibility upgrades and mixed-use towers
CTA Plans to Make Over Stations The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is set to undertake complete makeovers, including elevators and escalators, of four Red Line stations on the city’s North...
A local company gets a boost, and tower plans evolve.
Revised Spire Two-Tower Plan to Move Forward Big revisions to a plan from Related Midwest for a pair of towers on the former Spire site means the Skidmore, Owings &...
Powering Through
After a tumultuous and uncertain 2020, the Windy City’s VT industry looks to the future with hope. Floods, riots and — as was the case all over the world —...
Inside-Out
Chicago’s imperiled James R. Thompson Center proudly showcases its mechanical equipment, including elevators. photos © JAHN As the pandemic wove a deadly path around the world, it ironically provided a...
Chicago YIMBY: towers continue to multiply in Windy City.
Mixed-Use Tower With Otis Elevators Nearly Complete The third, 41-story mixed-use tower in Onni Group’s Old Town Park development on the Near North Side (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2019 and October...
Otis provides VT for one of city’s tallest, and towers are in various stages of planning and construction.
Otis VT System for Renamed Tower Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it installed 22 vertical-transportation (VT) units at the recently opened — and recently renamed — St. Regis Chicago, which, at...
News from Chicago YIMBY: residential and mixed-use towers proliferate
One Chicago Square’s Mixed-Used Skyscrapers Pass Halfway Mark Construction on the 74- and 49-story mixed-use towers comprising One Chicago Square (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2020) at 1 West Chicago Avenue reached...
Chicago’s Third-Tallest Tower Closes in on Completion
Vista Tower, Chicago’s third-tallest building at 101 stories and 1,191 ft (ELEVATOR WORLD, June 2015 and July 2016), is headed for opening this fall, with finishing touches going onto the...
Chicago Council Approves Plan for New Supertall
The Chicago City Council has approved developers’ plans for the construction of Tribune Tower East (ELEVATOR WORLD, January 2020), a 102-story skyscraper that will be the city’s second-tallest building, CBS...
Developers Obtain Loans for Pair of Chicago Towers
Developers of a pair of residential high rises in Chicago’s Lakeshore East neighborhood have acquired US$283 million in construction financing, The Real Deal reported in March. Lendlease and Magellan Development...
