Lakeshore East

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Lakeshore East is a master planned mixed use urban development being built in the Loop community area of Chicago in city-state|Cook County|Illinois, United States. It is located in the northeastern part of the Loop, which along with Illinois Center is called the New Eastside. The development is bordered by Wacker Drive to the north, Columbus Drive to the west, Lake Shore Drive to the east, and East Randolph Street to the south. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill designed the master plan.cite web|url=http://www.magellandevelopment.com/portfolio-current.html|title=Portfolio|accessdate=2008-05-26|publisher=magellan development|date=2007] The development, which had been schedule for completion in 2011,cite web|url=http://www.som.com/content.cfm/lakeshore_east_master_plan|title=Lakeshore East Master Plan|accessdate=2008-05-26|publisher=Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP] is now set for completion in 2013.cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-magellan-builder_chomes_0801aug01,0,3137964.story|title=Lakeshore East project lifts Magellan to top|accessdate=2008-08-04|date=2008-08-01|publisher=|work=Chicago Tribune|author=Diesenhouse, Susan] Although the majority of the buildings in the neighborhood will be 21st-century constructions resulting from the master plan, some of the current buildings were built as early as the 1960s and 1970s. Thus, the term Lakeshore East refers only to the components of the new master plan, while the term New Eastside refers to the greater neighborhood surrounding Lakeshore East that extends westward to Michigan Avenue. [cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/zo/?id=100200|title=New Eastside|accessdate=2008-06-10|publisher=Emporis.com] However, there is little distinction between buildings in the masterplan and other buildings in the region because the pre-existing buildings are referred to as being located in the Lakeshore East area.

The neighborhood features several of the tallest buildings in Chicago and will include a few of the tallest buildings in the United States. The overall planned development, the park and several of the individual buildings have won awards for architecture or urban planning. The buildings are planned for various types of residential use (condominiums, apartments, or hotels). Due to the neighborhood's proximity to both Lake Michigan to the east and the Chicago River to the north, many of the buildings are named with aquatic or nautical themes. [cite web|url=http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/913/Aqua.php|title=Aqua|accessdate=2008-05-28|publisher=Artefaqs Corporation|work=Chicago Architecture Info] As of August 2008, 1,500 condominiums have been sold and 1,200 apartments have been completed.

History

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caption5 = Previous to this urban development, the Lakeshore East area had been used by Illinois Central Railroad yards. After World War II, the railroads sold airspace rights north of Randolph Street.cite web|url=http://www.asla.org/lamag/lam04/november/feature3.html|title=Fair Game on Lake Michigan|accessdate=2008-06-01|date=November 2004|publisher=American Society of Landscape Architects|work=Landscape Architecture Magazine|author=Freemen, Allen] For several years after the rail yards were vacated, the site was used as a 9-hole golf course. Pete Dye designed the course, known as Metro Golf at Illinois Center, which was completed in 1994 and closed in 2001. [cite web|url=http://thegolfcourses.net/golfcourses/IL/14535.htm|title=Metro Golf at the Illinois Center (semi-private)|accessdate=2008-05-30|publisher=Thegolfcourses.net] [cite web|url=http://www.worldgolf.com/courses/usa/illinois/chicago/metro-golf-at-the-illinois-center-semi-private.html|title=Metro Golf at the Illinois Center - Semi-Private|accessdate=2008-05-30|publisher=WorldGolf.com] The area was originally planned for development as part of the Illinois Center, and one of the challenges to the new development was to integrate itself into the inherited triple-level street system while creating a visually appealing and pedestrian friendly neighborhood.cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-re-apt-lakeshore-east-0511may11,0,7571299.story|title=Spacious rooms with views in Lakeshore East|accessdate=2008-05-26|date=2008-05-11|publisher=Chicago Tribune|author=Rosenberg, Janice] The solution was to stagger ground-level amenities and building entrances from the upper level at the perimeter to the lower level at the interior. Thus the multilevel street grid is utilized around the edges, with large parking structures in the podiums, while a large park at the lowest level forms the core of the development.

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caption5 = The following buildings pre-existed the 21st century master plan for the neighborhood: Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower, Three Illinois Center, Swissôtel Chicago, Buckingham Plaza, The Parkshore, North Harbor Tower, 400 East Randolph Street Condominiums and Harbor Point. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower is currently undergoing a height addition. [cite web|url=http://midwest.construction.com/features/archive/0805_cover.asp|title=Vertical Extension|accessdate=2008-05-30|publisher=The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.|work=McGraw-Hill Construction|author=Barner, Craig|date=May 2008] When Harbor Point and 400 East Randolph were built, Lake Shore Drive ran through this neighborhood to the west of these buildings, but it has since been rerouted to the east of these buildings. The Chicago Pedway, which has existed since 1951, connects to public and private buildings, Chicago Transit Authority stations and Metra commuter rail facilities. [cite web|url=http://www.chicagowalks.org/pedway.shtml|title=Pedestrian Program|accessdate=2008-05-30|publisher=Chicago Department of Transportation] The 4, 6 and 60 CTA bus routes run along the borders of the Lakeshore East area, and the 60 makes a turnaround within it on Harbor Drive. [cite web|url=http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/maps/200804D.html|title=Downtown System Map|accessdate=2008-06-10|publisher=Chicago Transit Authority] The pedway has been a controversy for Lakeshore East residents since they were promised a fully linked pedway to Buckingham Plaza and North Harbor Tower in the early 1990s as part of the construction plans. [cite news|title=Where is the IC pedway?|work=North Loop News|date=2000-03-23|author=Cermak, Sean|pages=1] The archives available on the NewEastside.org website show numerous plans and unfulfilled promise regarding connecting the Pedway to most of the New Eastside. [cite web|url=http://www.neweastside.org/index.html|title=ARCHIVES - Neighborhood Advocacy Memory|accessdate=2008-05-30|publisher=Neweastside.org|author=Ward, Richard]

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Overview

This $4 billion lifestyle center spans convert|28|acre|sqmi km2|3|abbr=on, and will include 4,950 residences, convert|2200000|sqft|m2 of gross commercial space, 1,500 hotel rooms, convert|770000|sqft|m2 of retail space and a planned elementary school surrounding a magnificent six-acre botanical park. The plan, which had Adrian Smith as the design partner, calls for fourteen high-rise condominiums and two commercial officespace superstructures. [cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=lakeshoreeast-chicago|title=Lakeshore East|accessdate=2008-05-26|publisher=Emporis.com] Lakeshore East is within walking distance to the Chicago River, Lake Michigan, DuSable Harbor, Michigan Avenue, Grant Park, and Millennium Park.

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caption2 = The Park at Lakeshore East PlaqueThe park, named Lakeshore East Park, opened in 2005 and is supported by a mixture of public funds from the Chicago Park District and private funds from the neighboring Lakeshore East condominium buildings. It is the city's first and currently only free wireless park. The park features several fountains. [cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=harborparksoustreetastfountain-chicago-il-usa|title=Lakeshore East Park Southeast Fountain|accessdate=2008-05-27|publisher=Emporis Corporation|date=2008] [cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=harborparknorthwestfountain-chicago-il-usa|title=Lakeshore East Park Northwest Fountain|accessdate=2008-05-27|publisher=Emporis Corporation|date=2008]

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caption5 = The ChandlerLakeshore East is a venture of Magellan Development Group LLC, a recently formed corporate partnership culminating a long-term collaboration between Magellan Development Group and NNP Residential & Development. [cite web|url=http://www.magellandevelopment.com/about-history.html|title=History|accessdate=2008-06-10|publisher=magellan development|date=2007]

All of the buildings in Lakeshore East are luxury condos and high-end apartment highrises. Many of them are named with an aquatic theme. Tenants include Vince Vaughn, Bobby Jenks, Jake Fox, Jason Krol and Billiam Waldorf.cite web|url=http://www.newcityskyline.com/LakeshoreEastNews.html|title=Lakeshore East proving to be the next best thing to the lake?|accessdate=2008-05-26|date=2006-10-23|publisher=NewcitySkyline, Inc.|author=Matlock, Kelly] In addition to the luxury skyscrapers, the development will include 24 ultra-luxury town homes in the $2 million price range. [cite web|url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Radar/Deal-Estate/June-2007/Housing-Bulletin-An-Update-from-Chicagos-Lakeshore-East/|title=Housing Bulletin - An Update from Chicago's Lakeshore East|accessdate=2008-05-26|date=2007-06-06|publisher=Chicago magazine|author=Rodkin, Dennis]

Awards

The master plan won the 2002 American Institute of Architects National Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design. The park was honored as the Best New Park in Chicago by "Chicago magazine" and the city’s Best New Open Space by the Friends of Downtown. The master plan, the park and several individual buildings have won numerous other awards. [cite web|url=http://www.lakeshoreeast.com/awards.html|title=Lakeshore East Awards|accessdate=2008-05-26|publisher=lakeshore east |date=2007]

In 2008, the International Real Estate Federation declared the Lakeshore East master plan the recipient of the FIABCI Prix D'Excellence international award. Lakeshore was the only United States winner for international design excellence. [cite web|url=http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/1002990,digest13.article|title=Old bungalows can win awards for energy efficiency|accessdate=2008-09-02|date=2008-06-13|publisher=Digital Chicago, Inc.|work=Chicago Sun-Times|author=Cunniff, Bill]

Building construction

The Lancaster was Lakeshore East's first new completed building. [cite web|url=http://www.lakeshoreeast.com/lancaster.html|title=The Lancaster
accessdate=2008-05-28|publisher=Lakeshore East|date=2007] The Shoreham was Lakeshore East's first completed apartment building. [cite web|url=http://www.magellandevelopment.com/the-shoreham.html|title=The Shoreham|accessdate=2008-05-28|publisher=Magellan Development|date=2007] 340 on the Park is a brief title-holder of the tallest all-residential building in Chicago. It surpassed 55 East Erie, but will be surpassed by One Museum Park and Chicago Spire. Aqua is the first skyscraper in Chicago to combine condominium residences, luxury rentals, deluxe hotel and retail spaces in the same structure and it is believed to be the tallest building in the United States designed by a female-run architectural firm. [cite web|url=http://www.lakeshoreeast.com/media/pr/aqua-hotel-10-12-2006.html|title=Leading Hospitality REIT Agrees to Purchase on Completion Luxury Hotel in Aqua Tower at Lakeshore East|accessdate=2008-05-28|publisher=lakeshoreeast.com|date=2006-10-12|author=Schaffel, Larry, and Tricia Van Horn] The development supposedly will have its own village center, named Village Market Center, which will include a full service supermarket, although ground has not yet broken as of Summer 2008. [cite web|url=http://www.magellandevelopment.com/village-market-center.html|title=Village Market Center|accessdate=2008-05-28|publisher=Magellan Development|date=2007] ;Other
*Benton Place Parkhomes (townhouses) (2009)

See also

* List of tallest buildings in Chicago

Notes

External links

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* [http://www.lakeshoreeast.com/ Lakeshore East website]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=lakeshoreeast-chicago Lakeshore East Emporis page]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/zo/?id=100200 New Eastside Emporis page] (with map)
* [http://www.lseforum.com/ New Eastside Forum]
* [http://egov.cityofchicago.org/webportal/COCWebPortal/COC_EDITORIAL/Pedwaymapandlegend.pdf Chicago Pedway map]
* [http://egov.cityofchicago.org/webportal/COCWebPortal/COC_ATTACH/Community_Areas_LOOP.pdf City of Chicago Loop Community Map]

Geographic Location
Center = Lakeshore East
North = Streeterville
East = Lake Michigan
Northeast = Lake Michigan
Southeast = Lake Michigan
South = Grant Park
Southwest = Millennium Park
West = Illinois Center
Northwest = Streeterville