If you haven’t heard, there’s a skyscraper planned for Chicago. In the city that invented the skyscraper, this normally might not be a very big story.  But when the project is a 150-story, 2,000-foot tall spiral designed by world-renowned architect Santiago Calatrava, it is a big deal. Groundbreaking is planned for January at the Chicago Spire, which will be the tallest residential-only building in the world. You can get into the building for $750,000, but prepare to pay $40 million for the penthouse.  Below is a link to a thorough article published in The Times of London from a reporter who attended the development’s launch party a few weeks ago.

http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/overseas/article2588576.ece

www.thechicagospire.com