455 North Park Drive or Loews Hotel Tower, also known as Loews North Park Drive, is a 54-story 569 ft (173.4 m) tall skyscraper located at 455 North Park Drive in Chicago, Illinois that is owned by Loews Hotels. The 52-floor building has 86,121 m2 (927,000 sq ft) of floor space. It has 400 hotel rooms, 398 rental apartments, and assorted ballrooms, bars, restaurants and parking spaces. All apartments were sold for $240.4 million.[2] It is based on an L-shaped twelve-storey podium.[3] It was the tallest building built in the city in 2015.
| Loews Hotel Tower | |
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 Photo taken May 22, 2016. | |
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| Hotel chain | Loews Hotels |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Hotel, residential |
| Location | 455 North Park Drive, Chicago, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41°53′24″N 87°37′10″W / 41.8898851°N 87.6194258°W |
| Construction started | 2012 |
| Completed | 2015 |
| Owner | DRW Holdings |
| Height | |
| Roof | 569 ft (173.4 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 54 |
| Floor area | 86,121 m2 (927,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Solomon Cordwell Buenz |
| Developer | DRW Holdings |
| Structural engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
| Main contractor | Lend Lease |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 400 |
| Website | |
| www | |
| References | |
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It was designed by Chicago architects Solomon Cordwell Buenz and developed by the DRW Trading Group of Chicago. The construction cost was about $200 million.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Loews Hotel Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- ^ Koziarz, Jay (2016-01-25). "Developer Cashes in on New Downtown Apartment Tower". Curbed Chicago. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ^ Spula, Ian (2013-09-17). "Streeterville's Mixed-Use Loews Tower Steps Up Its Game". Curbed Chicago. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ^ Kamin, Blair. "Loews' new Chicago tower is an effective urban design". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
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