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| Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) | |
Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) on April 2, 2008 |
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| Location | 401 North Wabash Avenue Chicago, Illinois |
| Status | Under construction |
| Groundbreaking | March 17, 2005 [1] |
| Estimated completion | 2009 |
| 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 | 92 |
| 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 River 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, rising above the Aon and Hancock, and third upon the completion of the Chicago Spire in 2011. The Trump International Hotel and Tower is expected to be 415 meters (1,362 feet w/Spire - 1,170 feet w/o Spire) tall and contain 92 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 was delayed until January 2008.[2] The 339-room hotel opened for business at 11:00 A.M. on January 30, 2008.[3][4]
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2006-11-22, 2007-05-02, & 2007-08-25 views of 330 North Wabash, John Hancock Center Trump International Hotel & Tower, Chicago, Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower
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2006-12-05, 2007-07-19 & 2008-04-02 views from Columbus Ave at Chicago River. (Also pictured: Michigan Avenue Bridge, Marina City, 330 North Wabash, 333 North Michigan, London Guarantee Building, Wrigley Building)
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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.
[edit] Architecture
[edit] Design
The design of the building incorporates three setbacks to give it a visual continuity with the surrounding skyline.[5] 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).
[edit] Layout
The building will contain 2.6 million gross square feet, rise to 92 stories, and house 486 super-luxury residential condominiums. These will include studios, and one to four bedroom units and five bedroom penthouse units. The tower will also feature a five-star luxury hotel condominium with 339 guest rooms.[6] Floors three through twelve will be used for lobbies, retail, and parking 3-12.[6] A health club and spa will be located on the 14th floor and Mezzanine.[6] Hotel condominiums and executive lounges will be located on floors 17 through 27M.[6] The tower's residential condominiums will be located from the 29th to 85th floors.[6] Penthouses will make up floors 86 through 89.[6] On the 16th floor, a restaurant named Sixteen drew immediate favorable reviews for its cuisine, decor and location upon opening as an elite entertainment venue.[7]
[edit] Height
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 the Trump Tower has both hotel condominiums (originally planned as office space) and residential condominiums it will not contest the record recently set by the Q1 Tower in Gold Coast, 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.
[edit] Development
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[edit] History
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 17, 2005.
Donald Trump has been sued by former Chicago Sun-Times publisher, F. David Radler for rescinding all "friends and family" condominium purchases including Radler's. Radler had negotiated the joint venture purchase of the property for the purpose of building the skyscraper and is noted for having testified as a government witness against Conrad Black. Radler’s daughters were also named in the lawsuit. The purchase price had been at a 10% discount and required only a 5% deposit instead of the standard 15%.[8]
[edit] Construction
James McHugh Construction Co, 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 19, 2007, the Trump International Hotel and Tower was featured on the Discovery Channel series Build It Bigger entitled High Risk Tower.
In January 2008, the city of Chicago granted occupancy approval for the hotel staff. The hotel, which occupies the first twenty-seven floors opened on January 30, 2008. Construction on the exterior of the building had passed the fifty-third floor.[9] Donald Trump and his three adult children (Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump, Jr. and Eric Trump) have been overseeing the construction.[10]
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[edit] See also
- List of buildings
- List of skyscrapers
- List of tallest buildings in Chicago
- List of tallest buildings in the United States
- World's tallest structures
- Buildings named "Trump International Hotel and Tower"
[edit] References
[edit] Further reading
- Vaccaro, P.K. (2002). Modernist vocabulary: modernism is reemerging in what some consider a return to the true spirit of Chicago design. Urban Land, 61, 114-115, 118-121.
- Rubin, S. (1984). Trump Tower. New Jersey: Lyle Stuart.
- Keegan, E. (2005). Drama over Trump's Chicago tower. Architectural Record, 193, 37.
[edit] Notes
- ^ As Trump tower rises, worries pile up. Chicago Tribune (October 18 2005). Retrieved on 2006-10-20.
- ^ "Opening of hotel in Trump Tower delayed", Chicago Business, Crain Communications, Inc, 19 September 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-20.
- ^ "FTR: For The Record, week ened 1.11.08", Crain's Chicago Business, Crain Communications Inc., 2008-01-14, p. 12.
- ^ Sharoff, Robert (2008-02-13). A Chicago Hotel’s New Life in a Rising Area. The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
- ^ Trump International Hotel & Tower. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (URL accessed 2 September 2006).
- ^ a b c d e f Trump Organization. (Unknown last update). Project overview. Retrieved May 9, 2007, from http://www.trumpchicago.com/tbrochure.pdf
- ^ "Sixteen soars with city's finest", Crain's Chicago Business, Crain's Communication, Inc., 2007-03-31.
- ^ Gallun, Alby. "Radler Sues Ex-pal Trump", Crain’s Chicago Business, Crain Communications, Inc., 2008-02-11, p. 2.
- ^ Slania, John T., "The inside jobs at Trump Tower," Crain's Chicago Business, p. 35, January 28, 2008.
- ^ Slania, John T., "The right-hand man," Crain's Chicago Business, p. 34, January 28, 2008.
[edit] External links
- Official Web Site - http://www.trumpchicago.com/
- Trump Organization - http://www.trump.com/main.htm
- Live Webcam by Chicago Tribune
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| Trump Entertainment Resorts (casinos) Trump Organization (real estate and other ventures) |
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| Family | |
| 1st Generation: Fred Trump • Mary MacLeod Trump | |
| 2nd Generation: Donald Trump • Maryanne Trump Barry • Robert Trump • Fred Trump, Jr. • Elizabeth Trump Grau | |
| 3rd Generation: David Desmond | (Ivana Trump) - Donald Trump, Jr. • Ivanka Trump • Eric Trump | (Marla Maples) - Tiffany Trump | (Melania Knauss) - Barron William Trump | |
| Media | |
| The Apprentice (Seasons: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, MS) • Trumped! • Trump Magazine • Books | |
| Notable Properties | |
| Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago, Dubai, Fort Lauderdale, Honolulu, Las Vegas, New Orleans, New York, Panama City, Phoenix, SoHo, Toronto)
Trump Tower (New York City, Tampa, Philadelphia, White Plains, Denver, Atlanta, Charlotte) Trump Tower Variations (Trump World Tower, Trump Elite Tower, Trump Towers by the Sea) Trump Plaza (Atlantic City, Palm Beach, New York City, New Rochelle, Trump Plaza Tower) Atlantic City Casinos: Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Plaza, Trump Marina Other Properties: Mar-A-Lago, Trump Grande, The Trump Building at 40 Wall Street, Trump Palace, Trump Parc, Trump Park Avenue, Grand Hyatt New York, Daewoo Trump World, Riverside South/Trump Place, Ocean Resort Baja Mexico, Trump at Cap Cana Trump Golf: The Estates at Trump National, Trump International Golf Links |
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| Various Enterprises | |
| Miss Universe • Trump Ice • Trump Model Management • Trump Mortgage • Trump Shuttle • Trump University • Miscellaneous | |
| Annual Revenue:▼ $26.5 million USD (FY 2005) | Employees: NA | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: TRMP (Trump Entertainment Resorts only)| Website: The Trump Organization |
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