Developers of the state-of-the-art 150 N Riverside office building in Chicago’s West Loop had one goal in mind—to be the best. “We wanted to quite literally build the absolute best building not only in the city of Chicago but in the country,” says Tony Scacco, executive vice president of Riverside Investment & Development, developer of the LEED Gold property.

A more than $1 billion redevelopment of Union Station could begin as soon as next spring, starting with a seven-story glass-and-steel addition on top of its main building.

150 North Riverside was announced as a Vision Award winner at the ULI awards ceremony June 13, 2018.

Photo of Riverside Investment & Development shortly after the groundbreaking ceremony for the 110 N Wacker site.

The Howard Hughes Corporation® (NYSE: HHC) and Riverside Investment & Development, along with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Alderman Brendan Reilly, Commissioner David Reifman, Chicago President of Bank of America Paul Lambert and other stakeholders gathered yesterday to break ground on 110 North Wacker, the trophy-class office tower set along the Chicago River in the heart of Chicago’s Central Business district.

Wacker Drive’s next trophy office tower has taken a key step toward reality, with its developers securing almost $665 million in construction financing.

Lincoln International has just signed a lease to become the newest tenant of the trophy-class office tower rising on the riverfront at 110 North Wacker Dr., a project by The Howard Hughes Corp. and Riverside Investment and Development. A spokesperson for the developers tells GlobeSt.com that the new deal means the highly-anticipated, 53-story building is already 40% leased, even though it won’t open until 2020.

Digital Signage Expo (DSE), the world’s largest international tradeshow dedicated to showcasing innovative digital display and interactive technology solutions, has awarded McCann Systems its top honor for 150 Media Stream. The Chicago-based APEX Gold and APEX Installation of the Year winning digital art installation was designed, engineered, custom fabricated, and integrated by McCann Systems.

When John O’Donnell retired as an executive of the John Buck Co. in 2010 with more than 30 years and 40 million sq ft of investment, development and redevelopment experience under his belt, he didn’t envision starting another real estate company that would create iconic buildings, mostly along the Chicago River. And now that company, Riverside Investment and Development, has been named ENR Midwest’s Owner of the Year.

In April 2017, Riverside Investment and Development completed 150 N. Riverside, building a 1.2-million-sq-ft, $270-million, 54-story office tower on a 47-ft-wide foundation. The tower had a then-unheard-of 20-to-one foundation-to-height aspect ratio. It’s the most well-known of many times the 2017 Midwest Owner of the Year built what was previously thought to be impossible.

Check out our 150 N. Riverside video for the 2017 Chicago Innovation Awards

Companies that are tackling everything from the Zika virus and glutens to the hassles of shopping for musical equipment, restaurant reservations and parking all shared the spotlight tonight at the Chicago Innovation Awards. Since this is Chicago, a building can be an innovator, too.

Chicago is in a development boom period not seen in ages, with over $20B in megaprojects in various stages of development. Five Projects are in the Southwest Loop, and the ones with announced price tags account for $7.1B in activity.

Platinum Award: It took guts for a developer and its Building Team to take on a site others had shunned for most of a century.

Last week, Bank of America officially committed to anchoring a 50-story, Class A office tower proposed to replace Chicago’s low-rise General Growth Building.

Bank of America’s big Wacker Drive lease will kick off construction of a 51-story office tower, as well as a hiring spree by the bank in Chicago.

Bank of America has agreed to be the anchor tenant in a new 51-story office tower on Wacker Drive because it wants all its local employees who interact with customers to work in the same place, the bank’s top Chicago executive said today.

Bold architectural statements have long defined Chicago’s storied skyline, so it’s no surprise that the city’s recent construction boom is producing exceptionally designed buildings. International talents including Helmut Jahn, Rafael Viñoly, Gensler, and MAD Architects have ambitious plans that will be realized in the next several years, adding flair to an already famous cityscape.

You know a new building has struck a nerve when people give it nicknames like “The Tuning Fork” or “The Guillotine.” Or when the building appears alongside the likes of Willis Tower and Marina City on tour-boat posters that tout a chance to see Chicago’s architectural icons.

The developers of a planned 51-story office tower on the Chicago River have moved a big step closer to breaking ground after landing their first tenant: Bank of America.