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Union Station Tower Chicago Building
New Office Project & Park in Illinois, USA ? design by Goettsch Partners, Architects
Dec 27, 2019
Goettsch Partners Celebrates Groundbreaking for Union Station Tower
Design: Goettsch Partners (GP)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
New 50-story office building will sit across from Chicago Union Station and add a public park
CHICAGO ? (December, 2019) ? Global architecture firm Goettsch Partners (GP) celebrated the groundbreaking today for Union Station Tower, also known as BMO Tower, a new 50-story office building in Chicago. GP is serving as the architect for the project, developed by Riverside Investment & Development and Convexity Properties and anchored by Montreal-based BMO Financial Group. The tower and new public space are part of the larger redevelopment of Chicago Union Station, along with additional adjacent real estate owned by Amtrak.
Located directly south of the 1925 Union Station headhouse building, the 2.2-acre full-block site is positioned in a rapidly changing area of the West Loop, with close connections to transit and the major expressways. The program consists of 1.5 million square feet of Class A office space and associated amenities, including two levels of underground parking. Most of the site?about 1.5 acres?is set aside as a public park, similar to GP?s 150 North Riverside project, completed in 2017, with its ample public park and pla...