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South Loop Hotels Downtown Chicago’s hot hospitality segment is showing no signs of cooling as the South Loop’s latest high-rise hotel prepares to kick off construction at the southeast corner of Wabash and 11th Street. Though some early preparation and pile-driving was reported last month, the development received its first permit late last week. Estimated at $15,000,000, the scope of the work allows construction of the tower’s foundation and superstructure up to the seventh floor. With the official city go-ahead in hand, caisson crews can now begin planting the 306-foot tower’s subterranean roots. 

The 30-story project comes from architect Lothan Van Hook DeStefano and Hinsdale-based developer/operator S.B. Yen Management Group and contains a 196-room Homewood Hilton,…

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Wanda Vista Hotel & Residences

Believe it or not, it's been nearly 6 months since we first heard about a possible new development coming to Chicago's New Eastside neighborhood, but this past week, chatter about what could very well change Chicago's skyline has started to pick back up, and what's being said is rather excitng on a number of different levels.

Back in July, details were still a little hazy about what could become the Windy City's 3rd tallest building, but as the Chicago Triune reported yesterday, plans for this massive new downtown high-rise, now being called Wanda Vista, are starting to become a bit more focused.

The developers behind the project, The Wanda Group and Chicago-based Magellan Development Group, certainly have an ambitious plan for the New Eastside site,…

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If you think Chicago's recent hotel and development boom might have reached its peak, don't tell that to developer Joseph Mizrachi, who is planning a pretty spectacular high-rise project in the West Loop that will stretch 41 stories high and house both a hotel and 600,000 square feet of office space. The tower, which is being designed by Goettsch Partners and will replace a parking lot at 590 W. Madison, has a pretty sleek design that somewhat coincides with other new hotel developments around Chicago, most notably the Loews Hotel over in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood.  

If approved, Crain's Chicago Business reports construction for the new hotel-office tower could be completed in less two years, which seems to be a pretty lofty goal given its…

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