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[h1]A sneak peek at the Trump Tower penthouse [/h1]
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Hey, Mr. Beanie Babies. Have I got a deal for you!
Just about this time last year, as the economy was racing downhill faster than an Olympic skier, the promoters of the Chicago Spire announced that Ty Warner, the reclusive founder and chief executive officer of Westmont-based toymaker Ty Inc., had signed a contract to buy the sprawling 10,000-plus-square-foot penthouse on the Spire's 141st and 142nd floors.
The asking price was $40 million, though the actual sales price was not disclosed.
The Spire remains a hole in the ground at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive, of course, but there is another nice penthouse out there: It's the one atop the almost-finished Trump International Hotel & Tower, which I got a look at recently while gathering info for my upcoming review of the 92-story skyscraper.
Here are the basics: The penthouse, now nothing more than windows, walls and raw concrete floors, occupies the entire 89th floor of the skyscraper. It has 14,260 square feet and seven bedrooms. There are 16 foot ceilings. And views, views, views in every direction. And what these pictures can only hint is the feeling of enormous space. The place feels like a private skydeck. Someone very tall--say, an NBA seven-footer, with buckets of money (are you listening, Shaq?)--should live there.
To the south, you can see Soldier Field, which, from 89 floors up, doesn't bother me as much as it does at ground level. To the north is Wrigley Field. Throw in a telescope, and "you can watch a Cub game and a Bear game at the same time," promises T. Colm O'Callaghan, the skyscraper's managing director. (That's Colm in the foreground above; in the background is Andrew Weiss, Trump's point man on the job.)
Oh yes, I left something out: the price.
$30 million.
And is anybody ready to buy?
There has been interest, "but we haven't made a deal," Donald Trump told me in a telephone interview.
Which means, given the lousy state of the economy, that the price is negotiable?
Yes, Trump said.
POSTSCRIPT: Several readers have asked for more pictures of the penthouse, so I am providing them.
The picture at left, part of the original post, looks north to the Gold Coast and Lincoln Park. In that image, the 900 North Michigan Avenue building (with its four light towers, at the far right), looks minuscule. It is actually more than 870 feet tall.
Next, you see the bare interior of a portion of the penthouse, a blank canvas for an ambitious decorator.
In the image below that, you see the southwest view to Willis Tower, the only building in Chicago that is taller than Trump.
The final images are northward views to the John Hancock Center--the first on a sunny day, the second when the Hancock's antennas were knifing through the clouds like oversized rabbit ears.
Floor Plans...It takes up the whole 89th floor with a 360degree view of Chicago
Derrick Rose has a Condo in the trump on the 84th floor. My girl and I were lookin' to move in the Trump, but they want over $3k a month for a studio
...We aint about that Life...YET
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Hey, Mr. Beanie Babies. Have I got a deal for you!
Just about this time last year, as the economy was racing downhill faster than an Olympic skier, the promoters of the Chicago Spire announced that Ty Warner, the reclusive founder and chief executive officer of Westmont-based toymaker Ty Inc., had signed a contract to buy the sprawling 10,000-plus-square-foot penthouse on the Spire's 141st and 142nd floors.
The asking price was $40 million, though the actual sales price was not disclosed.
The Spire remains a hole in the ground at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive, of course, but there is another nice penthouse out there: It's the one atop the almost-finished Trump International Hotel & Tower, which I got a look at recently while gathering info for my upcoming review of the 92-story skyscraper.
Here are the basics: The penthouse, now nothing more than windows, walls and raw concrete floors, occupies the entire 89th floor of the skyscraper. It has 14,260 square feet and seven bedrooms. There are 16 foot ceilings. And views, views, views in every direction. And what these pictures can only hint is the feeling of enormous space. The place feels like a private skydeck. Someone very tall--say, an NBA seven-footer, with buckets of money (are you listening, Shaq?)--should live there.
To the south, you can see Soldier Field, which, from 89 floors up, doesn't bother me as much as it does at ground level. To the north is Wrigley Field. Throw in a telescope, and "you can watch a Cub game and a Bear game at the same time," promises T. Colm O'Callaghan, the skyscraper's managing director. (That's Colm in the foreground above; in the background is Andrew Weiss, Trump's point man on the job.)
Oh yes, I left something out: the price.
$30 million.
And is anybody ready to buy?
There has been interest, "but we haven't made a deal," Donald Trump told me in a telephone interview.
Which means, given the lousy state of the economy, that the price is negotiable?
Yes, Trump said.
POSTSCRIPT: Several readers have asked for more pictures of the penthouse, so I am providing them.
The picture at left, part of the original post, looks north to the Gold Coast and Lincoln Park. In that image, the 900 North Michigan Avenue building (with its four light towers, at the far right), looks minuscule. It is actually more than 870 feet tall.
Next, you see the bare interior of a portion of the penthouse, a blank canvas for an ambitious decorator.
In the image below that, you see the southwest view to Willis Tower, the only building in Chicago that is taller than Trump.
The final images are northward views to the John Hancock Center--the first on a sunny day, the second when the Hancock's antennas were knifing through the clouds like oversized rabbit ears.
Floor Plans...It takes up the whole 89th floor with a 360degree view of Chicago
Derrick Rose has a Condo in the trump on the 84th floor. My girl and I were lookin' to move in the Trump, but they want over $3k a month for a studio
