The John Buck Company has acquired a 6 story retail structure in a prominent location along Michigan Avenue near Millennium Park. Plans are for a residential highrise of about 45 floors. Additional renders and info as they come in.
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Sending Pegasus Aflight : Preliminary bKL design revealed for Buck Tower at 200 North Michigan  Chris Bentley of The Architects Newspaper today gave us the first look at a preliminary design by bKL Architecture for the 45-story residential tower John Buck is looking to construct at 200 North Michigan. There's no full-up view of the building, but the street level rendering published by Bentley has a definite 1950's, almost Lapidusian vibe, the tower set back on at least three sides from a diaphanous, greenish-blue, shifting toward turquoise base. The site is currently occupied by the six-story Tobey Building, by Holabird and Root, dating from 1927.  According to a July report by Micah Maidenberg in Crain's Chicago Business, the building was acquired for $20 million in 2006 by an affiliate of Becker Ventures LLC (no relation, alas), which is Buck's partner on this project. No word on a groundbreaking date. The development needs to win the approval of local Alderman Brendan Reilly, who Bentley reports has set his first community meeting to consider the development for September 12. |
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