What is Riverside?

Riverside Investment and Development is a real estate investment firm headquartered in Chicago. Riverside is dedicated to creating value for our investors and delivering advanced, tenant-focused buildings.

 

What We Do

Riverside delivers a differentiated investment approach through our development expertise, leasing relationships, and asset management experience. Our team targets opportunities that are strategically positioned to capitalize on future growth.

Riverside prioritizes quality, efficiency, occupant health and safety, and amenities to create a sense of space and enhance the tenant experience.

Learn more about our approach.

 
110 North Wacker

110 North Wacker

 

Recognition

A selection of the awards and recognition our developments have since our founding in 2010.

 

150 North Riverside

  • NAIOP 2016 Office Development of the Year

  • CCREA 2017 Commercial Development of the Year Award

  • CTBUH 2018 Global Award of Excellence – Best Tall Building

  • 2018 Global Finalist, Best Office Building, MIPIM Global Real Estate Awards

  • AIA 2019 Distinguished Building/Honor Award

    Plus 25 additional awards and honors

320 South Canal

  • CCREA 2022 Commercial Development of the Year Award

  • Illinois Real Estate Journal 2022 Development of the Year

  • Illinois Real Estate Journal 2022 People’s Choice Award

  • 2022 Silver Award, Commercial Building – Pro+ Awards

  • 2022 Best Project, Office/Retail/Mixed-Use – ENR Midwest Magazine

  • Chicago Building Congress (CBC) Merit Awards 2023, winner Commercial Construction
    over $50 Million

  • CTBUH 2023 Award of Excellence – Best Tall Building Americas

  • 2023 Green Good Design Award, The Chicago Athenaeum Museum for Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.

  • Illinois Real Estate Journal 2023 Office Project of the Year

  • Illinois Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ILASLA, 2023) Merit Award - The Green at 320

  • 2023 Silver Award, Comprehensive Commercial Project – China Real Estate & Design Award (CREDAWARD)

  • 2023 America Architecture Award, The Chicago Athenaeum Museum for Architecture and Design

  • 2023 Vision Award, Urban Land Institute (ULI)

110 North Wacker

  • Illinois Real Estate Journal 2020 Best Office Development

  • NAIOP 2020 Office Development of the Year

  • CCREA 2020 Commercial Development of the Year Award

  • 2022 Building of the Year, Architecture Daily

  • 2022 AIA ‘People’s Choice, Tall Buildings’ Award

    Plus 9 additional awards and honors

Riverside Investment & Development

  • CCREA 2017, 2021 & 2022 Developer of the Year

  • ENR Midwest 2018 Developer of the Year

  • Illinois Real Estate Journals 2021 Developer of the Year

320 South Canal

 
 

The Riverside Story

When John O’Donnell retired in 2010, he began investigating investment opportunities in distressed land sites in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis. Upon acquiring his first two sites, John quickly built small but highly focused teams around these two transactions and Riverside was born. Despite the scale of the projects, Riverside remains nimble, entrepreneurial and keenly focused on the core capabilities of Office and Multifamily Development, Asset Management and Leasing; outsourcing all onsite management and other functions to long-standing, third-party relationships.

 

The People Behind the Progress

Riverside Investment is able to do incredible things because of our incredible team. Meet the people who make Riverside work.