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Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)

Trump International Hotel and Tower
A tall silver skyscraper sits at a jog in the river beyond a bridge. The river and other along its banks buildings are in the foreground.
Trump International Hotel and Tower as viewed from street level
streetlevel map of Chicago River surroundings with the Trump Tower on the north side of the river, facing southeast over the river, and overlooking the river's final ten-block-long straight passage east to the lake.
Location of Trump Tower along the Chicago River
General information
Status Complete
Type Hotel, condominium
Architectural style Modern
Location 401 N. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, Illinois
United States
Coordinates 41°53′20″N 87°37′36″W / 41.88889°N 87.62667°W / 41.88889; -87.62667
Construction started March 17, 2005
Topped-out August 16, 2008 (last concrete pour)
August 19, 2008 (ceremonial topping out)
January 3, 2009 (Spire ceremony)
Completed 2009
Opening January 30, 2009
Cost US $847 million
Height
Architectural 1,389 feet (423.4 m)
Roof 1,170 feet (356.6 m)
Top floor 1,116 feet (340.2 m)
Technical details
Floor count 98
Floor area 2,600,000 square feet (240,000 m2)
Lifts/elevators 27, made by Kone
Design and construction
Architect Adrian Smith, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Developer The Trump Organization
Structural engineer William F. Baker
Main contractor Bovis Lend Lease
References

The Trump International Hotel and Tower, also known as Trump Tower Chicago and Trump Tower, is a skyscraper condo-hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The building, named after businessman and President-elect of the United States Donald Trump, was designed by architect Adrian Smith of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Bovis Lend Lease built the 98-story structure, which reaches a height of 1,389 feet (423 m) including its spire, its roof topping out at 1,170 feet (360 m). It is next to the main branch of the Chicago River, with a view of the entry to Lake Michigan beyond a series of bridges over the river. The building received publicity when the winner of the first season of The Apprentice reality television show, Bill Rancic, chose to manage the construction of the tower over managing a new Trump National Golf Course and resort in Los Angeles.

Trump announced in 2001 that the skyscraper would become the tallest building in the world, but after the September 11 attacks that same year, he scaled back the building's plans, and its design underwent several revisions. When topped out in 2009, it became the fourth-tallest building in the US. It surpassed the city's John Hancock Center as the building with the highest residence (apartment or condo) in the world, and held this title until the completion of the Burj Khalifa.


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