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No, we're not talking about the Trump Tower. Just across the river at 111 W. Wacker, in a spot that currently is a parking lot, the Waterview Tower will be built. This 82-story condo and office skyscraper, designed by Teng and Associates, Inc., will become the city's 3rd tallest residential building, behind the Hancock and Trump's Tower. The location of the Waterview drew some controversy because it is to be built right next door to the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, a Gothic revival church that was built in 1914.
The ever-nerdy Chicagoist likes that all units will have a central, touch-screen control center for lighting, heating, cooling, window shades, audio, visual, security, and appliance control and will also have built in internet access. If we lived there we would probably turn the lights off, then on, then off, then on, then lower the shades, then bring them up, and then turn the microwave on, then off, then on, then off. You would hate us. Here's the good part: These tech amenities are available to you all for the low, low price of $500,000 - $6 million.
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First off - I LOVE Chicagoist! Was (am) a big fan of Gothamist and wished we had one for Chicago. Great stuff!
That being said -- 111 W. Wacker is nowhere near Fourth Pres. Fourth Pres isn't on the river, it's right across the street from the Hancock building, nearly a mile up Michigan Avenue.
Thanks, Jeremy. Actually, I was thinking about this more on my morning commute and wanted to double-check that again, but you beat me to it. This article in the Tribune is where I got the info about the Waterview being located next to the church. I guess the location changed since the article was written.
Gotcha. I wasn't sure if I was really confused or hungover or what, but that just didn't sound right to me. ;)
You say that it'll be #3 behing Handcock and Trump... but the Sears Tower is taller than all three. So does that make it #4?
And what's with these developers? Who wants to make a brand-new also-ran? Trump should get his nads back and make his tower the tallest in the world.
Does the Sears Tower have residential occupancy? The Sun Times reported that it was the third tallest residential building.
Hey, this is an awesome addition to the interweb! I grew up in Evanston, but I no longer live in the area, so it is great to get news from "home."
Any chance the Chicagoist writers can stop referring to themselves as "Chicagoist"? That is pretty annoying. "I" seems to be most appropriate, since presumably there is only one author per post, but I suppose "we" would be acceptable.
Thanks, and keep up the great work.
ChiTown MoFo:
maybe if you refrained from using "interweb" (whatever that is), other people's language usages might not bother you so much.
But in this case, it's not likely going to change. Chicagoist is a new publication (notice the "beta") from the folks who brought us Gothamist, and style is already in place.
Rachelle:
Ah. I missed the "residential" part. No, the Sears Tower has no residential use.
Everybody's got a spin...
No residential in Sears. The tallest today would be John Hancock, then it'll be Trump. But, don't count on 111 Wacker -- residential has been booming downtown, Lake Shore East (http://www.lakeshoreeast.com/) calls for 20,000 new residents in 12 years, so there's lots of competition.
As for the Fourth Pres. development, there hasn't even been a community hearing on that, let alone an approved planned development by the city. That'll be a long time in coming.