City Approves New Tallest Tower for Chicago’s South Loop

Written By Editor on November 19, 2015 in Central Station, Michigan Avenue, Proposals, Skyscrapers, South Loop, _story

Today the Chicago Plan Commission approved the construction of a 76-story, 829-foot-tall residential skyscraper marking the southwest corner of Grant Park at 113 East Roosevelt Road. The very slender Rafael Viñoly-designed tower is one of a pair planned for the site.  It was deliberately designed as bundled square tubes to pay homage to the Willis Tower a dozen or so blocks to the northwest.  Inside the approved building will be 796...