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Lakeshore East is a master-planned mixed use
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being built by the
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Group in the
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community area of
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in
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, United States. It is located in the northeastern part of the Loop, which, along with
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, is called the
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. The development is bordered by
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to the north, Columbus Drive to the west,
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to the east, and East
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to the south.
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created the master plan for the area. The development, which had been scheduled for completion in 2011, was set for completion in 2013 by 2008. Development continued with revised plans for more buildings in 2018 and continuing construction of the Vista Tower in 2019. 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 decades. 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. In the 1960s,
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near Michigan Avenue was developed. There is little formal distinction between buildings in the masterplan and other buildings in the neighborhood because the pre-existing buildings are referred to as being located in the Lakeshore East area. Lakeshore East features several of the tallest buildings in Chicago and may include a few of the
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. The overall planned development, the park, and several of the individual buildings have won awards for
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and/or
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. The buildings are planned for various types of residential use (
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s,
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s, or
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s). Due to the neighborhood's proximity to both
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to the east and the
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to the north, many of the buildings are named with aquatic or nautical themes. As of August 2008, 1,500 condominiums have been sold and 1,200 apartments have been completed.


History

Previous to this urban development, the Lakeshore East area had been used by
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. After
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, the railroads sold
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rights north of
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. For several years after the rail yards were vacated, the site was used as a 9-hole
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course.
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designed the course, known as Metro Golf at Illinois Center, which was completed in 1994 and closed in 2001. The area was originally planned for development as part of the
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, 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. 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. When the redevelopment was planned in 2001 and commenced in 2002, completion was anticipated to happen in 2013. The following buildings pre-existed the 21st century master plan for the neighborhood:
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, Three Illinois Center, Swissôtel Chicago, Buckingham Plaza, The Parkshore,
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, 400 East Randolph Street Condominiums and Harbor Point. A 27-floor vertical expansion of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower was completed in 2010. 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. Buildings in the development have featured new segments of
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. These have been integrated into the
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system, segments of which have formally existed since 1951. The pedway system provides connections between public and private buildings,
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stations and
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commuter rail facilities. The pedway has generated controversy among Lakeshore East residents due to segments of promised pedway which have not been constructed. The archives available on the NewEastside.org website show numerous plans and unfulfilled promise regarding connecting the pedway to most of the New Eastside. Among developers' unfulfilled promises regarding the pedway is promises dating as far back as the 1990s that the development would feature the construction of a full pedway link to Buckingham Plaza and
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. 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.


Overview

This $4 billion lifestyle center spans , and will include 4,950 residences, of gross commercial space, 1,500 hotel rooms, of retail space and a planned elementary school surrounding a magnificent botanical park. The plan, which had
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as the design partner, calls for fourteen high-rise condominiums and two commercial officespace superstructures. Lakeshore East is within walking distance to the
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,
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, DuSable Harbor, Michigan Avenue, Grant Park, and
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. The park, named Lakeshore East Park, opened in 2005 and is supported by a mixture of public funds from the
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and private funds from the neighboring Lakeshore East condominium buildings. It is the city's first and currently only free
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park. The park features several fountains. The park is dog friendly and also home to a dog park where dogs can be let off leash. The Lancaster (completed in 2005) was Lakeshore East's first new completed building. The Shoreham (2005) was Lakeshore East's first completed apartment building.
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(2007) was briefly the tallest all-residential building in Chicago, but was surpassed by
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.
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(2009) 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. The development has its own village center, named Village Market Center, which includes a full service
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. The other buildings completed in the first phase of development were The Regatta (2007), The Chandler (2008) and
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(2008) as well as the Benton Place Parkhomes townhouses (2009). In 2011, construction began on Coast at Lakeshore East. Lease occupancies began in February 2013. The St. Regis Chicago, a condominium/hotel combination that is now the third tallest building in Chicago, began construction in August 2016 and was completed in 2020. Lakeshore East is a venture of
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Group LLC, a recently formed corporate partnership culminating a long-term collaboration between Magellan Development Group and NNP Residential & Development. In 2017 revised plans were unveiled for remaining construction in the masterplan, but 42nd ward Alderman Brendan Reilly rejected them because of concerns about landscaping, security, minor traffic issues and building setbacks. They were revised in August 2018 to include buildings of 40, 50 and 80 storeys. The newly proposed plan would update and replace the 2001 masterplan. On mid-October 2018, the
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approved the plans that included a tower as one of four new towers. Chicago City Council approved the plans in an October 31 meeting. All of the buildings in Lakeshore East are luxury condos and high-end apartment highrises. Many of them are named with an aquatic theme. In addition to the luxury
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, the development will include 24 ultra-luxury town homes in the $2 million price range.


Awards

The master plan won the 2002
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National Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design. The park was honored as the Best New Park in Chicago by ''
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'' 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. 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.


Buildings


Notes


External links


Magellan Development Group

Lakeshore East at Emporis

New Eastside at Emporis

City of Chicago Loop Community Map
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