Concrete for the 35th story has been poured at the 400 Lake Shore North Tower in Streeterville as July 2025 begins. The glass curtain wall continues its efforts to keep pace with the building’s height, with the 17th level about halfway wrapped as of Saturday, June 28. The 72-story residential tower is on pace to welcome its first residents in early 2027.
400 Lake Shore rendering by SOM
Also continuing its growth is the giant sand pile in the middle of the construction site. Parking levels are being excavated below grade, and the dirt and sand from that digging is pushed over to where it can be brought to the surface by an excavator and hauled away.
The parking excavator was serviced over the weekend.
The sand pile, seen from the south side of the Chicago River.
Just past the dumpster is a large hole where sand is brought up from the excavations below
The concrete pour of the 35th floor puts us tantalizing close to the halfway point of the 635-unit North Tower. There should also be another tower crane jump coming up in July. Those have been happening six sections at a time, with 12 sections added so far.
The view from Milton Olive Park
Looking west from Navy Pier
A crew services the construction hoist on Saturday, June 28
The 17th level of glass curtain wall had just reached the south façade as of the weekend
Ogden Slip
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Nice! And great photos!
I really hope both towers make it to the final product. I’m not quite sure the staggered effect can be pulled off with only one tower. The duo very much compliments one another.
doubt it, this is the only real skyscraper going up in the city. The market is very weak here compared to other cities. Look at what happened to NEMA, it was suppose to have a 2nd tower, but in its place now stands a vacant lot
No, the market is not very weak. Have you seen ANY news regarding Chicago and the housing market? Like, any? NEMA is a very real-world example, but your constant trolling on this site gives very little weight to your words.
There are thousands of units in the housing pipeline, with office-to-residential conversions actively underway or planned across the city. Around four major West Loop projects are about to take off, several empty lots in the South Loop are being developed, a massive casino is in progress, and a new stadium is ready to invest heavily. You can’t possibly conclude we’re in a weak market right now. Tower 2 will be more reliant on the company’s financial standing and how well it markets the current one.
That is correct chicago is thriving
I won’t deny that numerous issues plague the city of Chicago. The mayor is still an idiot; the CTA needs safety as a priority; the school system is collapsing; and if only our parking contributed directly to the city.
But seeing old Greystones get flipped for $800k+ on the Southside and infill housing takeover lots that have been empty for decades, you can’t sit there and decry we’re at the end of times. I still believe that a lot needs to be done to make affordable housing more sustainable, and financing remains somewhat hostile, but it’s certainly not due to a lack of demand.
Indeed, well summarized! Even if Chicago’s housing market were currently weak, so what? Nothing stays the same for long. It can improve and change and it will if we help it to. Get involved with one of several pro-housing groups out there and be the change that makes Chicago stronger.
I’m stoked to see this rising! Though I must admit I would have loved the original design with terracotta, don’t totally love the materials but I’m sure once the staggering happens and the second tower it will still look amazing.
OK, are the views above of the North Tower or the South Tower? I think it’s the South.
The article says it is the north tower. Also, look at the angle of the buiding in the first photo versus the rendering. That confirms it, as well.
Thank you, Drew, for reminding everyone of the significant projects underway in the city. And as we see every day on YIMBY, there are lots of smaller structures going up all over as well. Of course, there is always room to improve, but there is no point in denigrating Chicago when the facts speak otherwise.
Three months have gone by since my last comment an no one in the City can find out from Gulub if they intend to build the Tribune East Tower.
That thing is deader than a doornail. I haven’t heard anything about that project in over a year and no one seems to know. It is absolutely safe to assume its dead unfortunately.