After a pause of over 18 months, construction resumed late last year on 1000M, a residential tower in Chicago’s South Loop that is one of the final buildings designed by Helmut Jahn before his death last May. The 73-story project, located on South Michigan Avenue, initially broke ground in late 2019 but construction halted in the early months of the pandemic over public health concerns. Soon after, financing from Goldman Sachs fell through.
Jahn, who was killed in a bike accident last spring at age 81, was born in Germany but made his home and reputation in Chicago. He completed over a dozen projects throughout the city during his lifetime, among them the United Airlines terminal at O’Hare Airport (1987), the Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago (2011), and the locally infamous but globally acclaimed James R. Thompson Center state office building (1985). Planned to rise 805 feet, 1000M will be Jahn’s tallest building in Chicago and the third tallest in his global portfolio.
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