In downtown Chicago, the site of the planned Chicago Spire, at the confluence of Lake Michigan and the Chicago River, has sat vacant since construction ceased in the wake of the Great Recession. In ...

CHICAGO — More than 15 years after the recession shut down the “Chicago Spire” construction project, a groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday on a new project. Crews began filling in the ...

right next to the Chicago River in Streeterville. Construction is now underway at the site that was originally going to become the Spire at 400 Lake Shore Drive. That project failed in 2008 ...

Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The foundation left behind by the failed Chicago Spire project will soon be covered as vertical construction on the first phase of Related ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There was an official groundbreaking Monday for "400 Lake Shore," the site that was supposed to become a high-rise known as "the Spire." It was supposed to be a massive 2,000-foot ...

After the 150-story Chicago Spire project proposed for the same property failed, a gaping hole on the site sat undisturbed for 15 years, highlighting the difficulty of restarting a similar ...

The hole at 400 Lake Shore Drive at the site of the failed Chicago Spire project is in the process of being filled. A 72-story residential building will go up in its place. Stream NBC 5 for free ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — More than 15 years after the ...

CHICAGO — More than 15 years after the recession shut down the “Chicago Spire” construction project, a groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday on a new project. Crews began filling in the massive hole ...

NASCAR fans, start your engines. Chicago is in its final lap of planning for this weekend’s NASCAR Chicago Street race. President Joe Biden on Thursday opened a critical stretch in his effort to ...