The proposed $350 million mixed-use development at 525 South Wabash Street is headed to the Chicago Plan Commission this week. If approved, it would bring the South Loop a pair of mid-sized towers, sharing a podium with a supermarket inside. The project is on South Wabash between East Harrison Street and East Ida B. Wells Drive.
Since this project was first conceived in 2019, it’s changed a bit. The hotel portion is smaller. The podium has been redesigned. At one time, it was going to be two tall towers, but now it’s one 36-story tower, and one 23-story tower. The smaller one gets the hotel Both will have apartments.
- Address: 523-45 South Wabash Avenue
- Address: 63-69 East Ida B. Wells Drive
- Address: 50-66 East Harrison Street
- Developer: e-Terra+
- Net site area: 53,842 square feet
- Zoning: DX-12 → Business Residential Planned Development
- Maximum height: 420 feet
- Roof height: 376 feet, four inches
- Floor area ratio: 16 (12 base + 4 bonus)
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December, 2020 rendering of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) -
December, 2020 rendering of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) -
December, 2020 rendering of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) -
December, 2020 rendering of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) -
December, 2020 rendering of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) -
December, 2020 rendering of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) -
December, 2020 rendering of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) -
December, 2020 drawing of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) -
December, 2020 drawing of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) -
December, 2020 drawing of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) -
December, 2020 drawing of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) -
December, 2020 drawing of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) -
December, 2020 drawing of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) -
December, 2020 drawing of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) -
December, 2020 drawing of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) -
December, 2020 diagram of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group)
Location: 525 South Wabash Avenue, South Loop
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