Illinois
A record-breaking elevator and office towers are on the drawing board.
1,000-ft Glass Elevator OK’d for Aon Center Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development has approved a plan by developer 601W and architects Solomon Cordwell Buenz to add the tallest exterior...
Supertall tweaks and a major contract
“Exciting” Tweaks to Plan for City’s Future Second Tallest Golub & Co. and CIM Group, developers of what would be Chicago’s second-tallest tower, unveiled tweaks to the proposed 1,422-ft-tall mixed-use...
Construction Begins on Final Phase of Chicago Project
Construction has begun on the third and final phase of a plan to redevelop Chicago’s Atrium Village housing complex, Curbed Chicago reported. The project, called Old Town Park, is being...
News from the Chicago Tribune: airport design draws controversy; mixed-use development planned.
Escalators the Centerpiece of Gang-Designed O’Hare Terminal Wood-covered escalators are an “architectural element [celebrating] movement and spatial excitement” in local architect Jeanne Gang’s winning design for Global Terminal, which will...
Multiple New High-Rise Projects Win Approval in Chicago
Multiple new high rises up to 950 ft. tall were approved by the Chicago Plan Commission during a daylong meeting in October, indicating the city’s skyscraper boom will not cease...
Big Willis Tower news, a new office building and VT improvements at a CTA station
Willis Tower Renovation Centerpiece Gets Name, Tenants The five-story, 300,000-sq.-ft. addition to Willis Tower, the centerpiece of a US$668-million renovation being undertaken by Blackstone Group, has a name and tenants,...
Ambitious Plan Would Transform Chicago’s North Side
Chicago-based developer Sterling Bay unveiled its plan to transform at least 70 riverfront acres on the north side of Chicago into Lincoln Yards, which would include thousands of homes, along...
Chicago Tower Gets New Name, Updated Renderings
The developer of a high-rise apartment tower under construction along the South Branch of the Chicago River has revealed a new name and new renderings, Curbed Chicago reported in June....
Otis landing prestigious Willis Tower job leads a slew of news in the Windy City.
Otis Chosen for Willis Tower Elevator Modernization Otis has been chosen by Equity Office to modernize the elevator system in Chicago’s iconic Willis Tower, which is undergoing a US$500-million makeover....
Chicago remains hot, as Milwaukee and Denver get taller.
Tribune Tower Project Adds Chicago’s Second Tallest The developers who are transforming Chicago’s iconic, neo-Gothic Tribune Tower into condominiums and retail space have unveiled plans to build a sleek metal-and-glass...
