| Chicago Spire | |
|---|---|
 Artist's impression of the megatall Chicago Spire | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Under construction |
| Type | Residential[1] |
| Location | Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°53′23.6″N 87°36′53.6″W / 41.889889°N 87.614889°W |
| Construction started | June 25, 2007 |
| Construction stopped | 2008 |
| Height | |
| Tip | 2,000 ft (610 m) |
| Roof | 2,000 ft (610 m)[1][2] |
| Top floor | 1,865 ft (568 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 150[3] |
| Floor area | 3,000,000 square feet (278,700 m2)[4] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Santiago Calatrava Perkins and Will |
| Developer | Shelbourne Development Group[5] |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Main contractor | Case Foundation[5] |
The Chicago Spire was a skyscraper project in Chicago that was partially built between 2007 and 2008 before being cancelled. Located at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive, it would have stood 2,000 feet (610 m) high with 150 floors and been the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. When originally proposed as the Fordham Spire in July 2005, the design had 116 stories, included a hotel and condominiums, and was topped with a broadcast antenna mast.[6] The building was designed and spearheaded by Spanish architect-engineer Santiago Calatrava and Chicago developer Christopher T. Carley of the Fordham Company. On March 16, 2006, the Chicago Plan Commission unanimously approved the initial design of the building.[7] On November 4, 2016, a court ruling brought the original development plan and the extended litigation over the nine-year-old project to a close.[8] Developer Garrett Kelleher signed over the property location to the project's biggest creditor, Related Midwest, who announced that they would not build the Spire and released plans for a different project.[8]
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- ^ "Calatrava's Latest Twist from Spire to Licorice Stick". Repeat. 2008. Retrieved July 18, 2009.
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06262007ShelbourneDevelopmentwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Corfman, Thomas; Kamin, Blair (July 26, 2005). "Tallest tower to twist rivals". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2009.
- ^ McHugh, Michael (March 16, 2006). "Planning commission approves Fordham Spire". Crain's Chicago Business. Archived from the original on June 24, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2009.
- ^ a b "Subscription Center". chicagobusiness.com. November 3, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2015.