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Spire Passed Over By Four Union Funds
December 22, 2009 - Whatever hope Shelbourne Development had been holding out for a loan from the ALF-CIO union funds seems to have evaporated. Statements from four of the investment funds who were said to be interested in footing the bill to get the Chicago Spire back on track have said the...
Mon, Dec 21 | from Chicago Condo Directory
Film studio plans fading
UNIONS AND THE SPIRE: Garrett Kelleher, owner of the Chicago Spire site that's a hole in the ground at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive, has been presenting local ... and more »
Wed, Dec 2 | from Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Spire Developer Suing Again
November 15, 2009 - The design of the Chicago Spire isn’t the only thing that keeps twisting. The number of law suits and counter suits just keeps getting more complicated. The latest legal development for this Chicago real estate project is that Shelbourne Development founder Garrett Ke...
Sun, Nov 15 | from Chicago Condo Directory
Making waves A new spin on the skyscraper
Santiago Calatrava's design for the 150-story Chicago Spire also promised to endow the skyscraper genre with a new sculptural freedom. Due to the recession, ...
Sun, Nov 8 | from Chicago Tribune
More Problems For Chicago Spire
October 15, 2009 - Shelbourne Development keeps insisting that the Chicago Spire is just temporarily on hold and that there is still a lot of interest in the mega Chicago real estate project. A spokeswoman was recently quoted in a Tribune article as saying that they were still having peopl...
Thu, Oct 15 | from Chicago Condo Directory
Obama's old town
Australia The Santiago Calatrava-designed Chicago Spire at 150 storeys and nearly 610 metres has been put on hold, its foundation covered, until the economy improves; but I'm told that it will be built soon enough. I lose count of the skyscrapers that jut into ...
Fri, May 29 | from Brisbane Times
AFL-CIO May Bail Out Long Dormant Chicago Spire
NY Remember Santiago Calatrava's Chicago Spire, which has now existed for quite some time as a big gaping hole? The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trusts have breathed some new life into the project that most had perceived as forever deceased, ...
Thu, Mar 26 | from mediabistro.com
Economy Effecting Building Design: Architects
That's because work on the Chicago Spire has slowed to a virtual halt. Someday, the twisting skyscraper by Santiago Calatrava is supposed to rise over the skyline. But now, it's basically a concrete hole in the ground. ...
Tue, Nov 18 | from Huffington Post
Contstruction Stopped On The Chicago Spire - Luxist
It is to be perhaps Chicago's most recognizable landmark, but first Santiago Calatrava's planned Chicago Spire has to get off the ground. The building of the dramatic swirl of a building is currently stalled out. ...
Sat, Nov 15 | from Luxist
More Info on the Chicago Spire Debacle
Although we were sort of excited to see the Spire go up (despite sticking out like a sore thumb within the Chicago skyline), we do feel fairly fortunate that we won't have to worry anymore about Ty Warner looking down at us from his sky castle.
Mon, Nov 10 | from mediabistro.com
Uh Oh: Calatrava’s Chicago Spire Future Uncertain
Over the last weekend the Chicago Tribune broadcast the news (first broken by Crain’s Chicago Business) that Santiago Calatrava, along with a Chicago architectural design firm, have filed liens against the Shelbourne Development Group totaling over $16 million dollars. And yet it w...
Thu, Oct 23 | from The Chicago Art
Is End Near for Calatrava's Chicago Spire?
The spire's developer, Shelbourne Development Ltd., has begun underground construction of the building at 400 N. Lake Shore. But it has acknowledged slowing the pace of the work because turmoil in financial markets has limited access to credit.
Wed, Oct 22 | from mediabistro.com
Chicago Spire looking shaky; Calatrava stops work, files lien ...
A firm associated with project architect Santiago Calatrava has filed a lien with the Cook County Recorder of Deeds against developer Shelbourne Development Group Inc., saying he is owed $11.3 million on the project. ...
Fri, Oct 17 | from Chicago Tribune
Beanie Baby Chief A-Spires To The Top
Ty Warner, the man in charge of the Beanie Baby empire, has bought the two-story, 10,000 square foot penthouse that will sit atop the Chicago Spire, giving him a 360-degree view of the city; it will be the highest residential unit IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. While the asking was price was $40 mil...
Tue, Sep 30 | from Chicagoist
Calatrava’s Chicago Spire to be Built
I thought it was always going to be built but I guess selling 30% of the condos means that Calatrava’s Chicago Spire will be built for sure. From the Chicago Tribune: read it here. Apparently this is also going to be the tallest residential structure in the world which fits perfectly into Chi...
Wed, Jun 4 | from The Chicago Art
Chicago Spire To Set N American Records
An artists rendering released by Shelbourne Development Ltd. of Dublin, shows a 2,000-foot twisting spire that would be the tallest building in North America if Spanish-born architect Santiago Calatrava's plan comes to fruition. The Chicago Plan Commission, which advises the Chicag...
Mon, Apr 23 | from Wizbang
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