Tallest Under Construction or Proposed
This lists buildings that are under construction or proposed for construction in Chicago and are planned to rise at least 500 feet (152 m). Buildings whose construction is on-hold are also included. A floor count of 40 stories is used as the cutoff for buildings whose heights have not yet been released by their developers.
| Name | Height* |
Floors* | Year* |
Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Post Office Redevelopment Tower I | 999 !2,000 (610) | 120 | — | Proposed | Considered to be a stale proposal |
| 375 East Wacker Drive | 814 (248) | 76 | — | Proposed | |
| 130 North Franklin | 700 (213) | 48 | — | Proposed | |
| 200 North Riverside Plaza | 650 (198) | 50 | 2015 | Proposed | Also known as River Point |
| Lakeshore East Building 2-O | 650 (198) | — | — | Proposed | Considered to be a stale proposal |
| 435 North Park Drive | 635 (194) | 54 | — | Proposed | |
| 111 West Wacker | 630 (192) | 59 | 2014 | Under Construction | Formerly the Waterview Tower, which was planned to rise 1,047 feet (319 m) |
| 222 West Randolph Street | 575 (175) | 50 | — | Proposed | |
| Lakeshore East Building 2-A | 551 (168) | — | 2010 | Proposed | Considered to be a stale proposal |
| AMLI Rivernorth Tower | 543 (165) | 50 | 2013 | Under construction | |
| 400 West Randolph | — | 50 | — | Proposed | |
| One South Halsted | — | 50 | 2014 | Approved |
* Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding expected building heights, floor counts or dates of completion has not yet been released.
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