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Old Chicago Main Post Office Twin Towers
Original rendition of the Old Chicago Main Post Office Redevelopment, including the Twin Towers.
Map
General information
StatusNever built
TypeResidential, Commercial, Hotel
LocationChicago, Illinois, United States
Construction started-
Estimated completion-
Opening-
Height
Roof2,000 ft (610 m)
Technical details
Floor count120
Design and construction
Architect(s)Joseph Antunovich
DeveloperBill Davies

The Old Chicago Main Post Office Twin Towers was a proposed (and approved) mixed use supertall skyscraper planned as part of the canceled Old Chicago Main Post Office Redevelopment project in the Chicago Loop community area. The 120-story twin towers are a building with twin peaks planned to reach a height of 2,000 feet (609.6 m). If built according to plan, the building would have been the tallest in the United States.

Details

In 2009, British real estate developer Bill Davies bought Chicago's Old Main Post Office for $24 million and in March 2011, he bought an adjacent property for $14 million.[1] On July 21, 2011, Davies announced his plans for the Twin Towers within the Old Chicago Main Post Office Redevelopment.[2][3] Davies' plans were filed by his company, International Property Developers.[4] A previous 2,000-foot (610 m) building plan for the Chicago Spire stalled during the Great Recession.[4] The plan was approved on July 18, 2013.[5]

Joseph Antunovich was the architect.[5] If built as planned, the 2,000-foot (610 m) building, which was intended as the second of three phases of the overall project,[4] would have been the tallest in North America.[6] The building was also intended to support revenue-generating communications antennas[2] and to host commercial, hotel and residential facilities.[3]

According to the New York Times, critics of the project noted potential problems with the proposed towers' proximity to the extant Sears Tower. For example, the heights of the residential accommodations in the planned building would have placed residents within the radiation impact zone from the antennas atop the Sears Tower. Also, there was a claim that the air convection surrounding the two buildings would create a vacuum.[7]

In October 2014, Davies' joint venture for redevelopment with Sterling Bay Cos. was dissolved.[8] In December 2014, Davies canceled the project and put the post office building up for sale.[9][2]

Notes

  1. ^ Baeb, Eddie (2011-03-02). "Old Main Post Office buyer in deal for next-door building". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
  2. ^ a b c Cancino, Alejandra and Blair Kamin (2011-07-21). "Old Chicago post office redevelopment plan unveiled". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2014-09-16. Cite error: The named reference "OCporpu" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Roeder, David (2011-07-21). "Old Post Office figures in mega downtown expansion plan". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  4. ^ a b c Louis, Brian (2011-07-21). "Tallest U.S. Tower Proposed as Part of Chicago Development". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  5. ^ a b Roeder, David (2011-07-18). "Work to redevelop old Chicago Post Office could start in September". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  6. ^ "British Developer Plans $3.5 Billion, 20-Acre Multi-Tower Complex On Site Of City's Former Post Office". The Huffington Post. 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  7. ^ Greising, David (2011-07-23). "A Plan for Chicago Too Big to Be Visionary". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  8. ^ Ori, Ryan (2014-10-08). "Old Post Office owner plots next move after breakup with Sterling Bay". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
  9. ^ Ori, Ryan (2014-12-04). "Old Main Post Office put up for sale". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2015-02-03.

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