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Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)
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| Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) | |
Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) on August 23, 2007 |
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| Location | 401 North Wabash Avenue Chicago, Illinois |
| Status | Under construction |
| Groundbreaking | March 17, 2005 [1] |
| Estimated completion | 2008 |
| Opening | 2009 (est.) |
| Use | Hotel, Residential, Condo[2] |
| Height | |
| Antenna/Spire | 415 m (1,362 ft) |
| Roof | 356.9 m (1,170 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 96 |
| Floor area | 241,550 sq. m 2.6 million sq. ft. |
| Companies | |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill |
| Contractor | Bovis Lend Lease |
| Developer | Trump Organization |
The Trump International Hotel and Tower is a skyscraper condo-hotel under construction at 401 N. Wabash Avenue in downtown Chicago, Illinois named for famed real estate developer Donald Trump. It is located in the Near North Side community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Upon completion in 2009, it will be the second tallest building in Chicago behind the Sears Tower until the Chicago Spire rises above both when completed in 2011. The Trump International Hotel and Tower is expected to be 415 meters (1,362 feet) tall and contain 96 floors for various uses. Despite ongoing difficulties, construction is proceeding.[1] The hotel section of the building was originally scheduled to open first in December 2007, but has been delayed until February 2008.[2]
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The tower occupies the site vacated by the Chicago Sun-Times, one of the city's two major newspapers. It is located at the foot of Rush Street, just west of the Wrigley Building and the Michigan Avenue Bridge and just east of Marina City and 330 North Wabash. Sitting along a jog on the north side of the Chicago River, it is highly visible from locations to the east along the river such as the mouth at Lake Michigan, the Lake Shore Drive Overpass, and the Columbus Drive Bridge.
The design of the building incorporates three setbacks to give it a visual continuity with the surrounding skyline[3]. Each of the setbacks is designed to reflect the height of a nearby building: the first matches the Wrigley Building, the second setback aligns with the Marina City Towers, and the third setback matches the height of the 330 North Wabash (formerly known as IBM Plaza).
The building will be made up of 2.6 million gross square feet, include 90 stories, 472 super-luxury residential condominiums, including studios to three bedrooms and up to five bedroom penthouses, and feature a five-star luxury hotel condominium with 286 guest rooms.[4] Floors three and twelve will be used for lobbies, retail, and parking 3-12.[4] A health club and spa will be located on the 14th floor and Mezzanine.[4] Hotel condominiums and executive lounges will be located on floors 17 through 27M.[4] The tower's residential condominiums will be located from the 29th to 85th floors.[4] Penthouses will make up floors 86 through 89.[4]
The building will break the record for the world’s highest residence, which has been held since 1969 by the nearby John Hancock Center. Note that since this building has both hotel condominiums and residential condominiums it will not contest the record recently set by the Eureka Tower in Melbourne, Australia which is 80 stories high as the tallest all-residential building. The Chicago Spire, however, is set to break the record of tallest all-residential building upon completion in 2011.
When planning for this building began in 2000, it was originally announced that it would be the future world's tallest building. After the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, Trump had the plans scaled down hundreds of feet to avoid being a potential target for similar terrorist attacks.
The building's design by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill was first released in December, 2001. According to the Chicago Tribune, the company built nearly 50 models before they came up with a design they liked. However, the first design did not meet well with architects and the residents of Chicago. A subsequent revision in July, 2002 resulted in the current established design. In January, 2004, another revision changed floors 17 through 26 from offices into condominiums and hotel rooms. Bill Rancic, The Apprentice season one winner, manages the project. Construction began on March 17th 2005.
The concrete subcontractor is implementing a comprehensive formwork for the construction of the building. The building will be the tallest formwork structure in the world. Concrete moulding is being used, because using a traditional ironwork structure would require a building footprint that would be too big for the property size, proportional to the height of the designed building. A liquid concrete pump allows each additional floor to be poured by pumping concrete up several hundred feet to the elevating construction site. On September 19th, 2007, the Trump International Hotel and Tower was featured on the Discovery Channel series Build It Bigger entitled High Risk Tower.
 The Chicago Sun-Times building prior to demolition |
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- ^ "Opening of hotel in Trump Tower delayed", Chicago Business, Crain Communications, Inc, 19 September 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-20.
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- ^ a b c d e f Trump Organization. (Unknown last update). Project overview. Retrieved May 09, 2007, from http://www.trumpchicago.com/tbrochure.pdf
- Official Web Site - http://www.trumpchicago.com/
- Trump Organization - http://www.trump.com/main.htm
- Live Webcam by Chicago Tribune
- Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) is at coordinates Coordinates:
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| Under construction | 108 North State Street • 155 North Wacker • 300 North LaSalle • Aqua • Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower (Expansion) • Chicago Spire • Elysian • Joffrey Tower • Legacy Tower • One Museum Park • One Museum Park West • Trump International Hotel and Tower • Waterview Tower |
| Construction imminent | Mandarin Oriental |
| Proposed or approved | 200 North Riverside Plaza • 29 South LaSalle • 375 East Wacker Drive • 560 N. Fairbanks • Canyon Ranch • Cityfront Plaza Tower III • Park Michigan • InterContinental Chicago (North Tower) • Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and Residence Tower |
| See also: Chicago Skyscrapers | |
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