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Vista Tower reached its final height on Friday, when construction workers poured concrete to form the Chicago skyscraper's 101st and final floor.
That marked the highest point of construction in Chicago in more than a decade, and it brought Chicago's Magellan Development Group closer to its planned spring 2020 completion of what will become the city's third-tallest skyscraper.
Topping out the 1,191-foot-tall Vista Tower came more than a decade after Trump International Hotel & Tower reached its full height in August 2008, in the throes of a real estate crash. Trump's 1,389-foot-tall condo and hotel tower, Chicago's second-tallest building, was completed in 2009.
Read prior coverage of the planning and construction of Vista Tower
The 1,451-foot-tall Sears Tower, now called Willis Tower, topped out in May 1973 and was completed the next year. It was the world's tallest building for 24 years, but has since been surpassed by 16 skyscrapers -- all but one of which are outside the United States.
Magellan and its Chinese investment partner, Dalian Wanda Group, broke ground in September 2016 on the $1 billion Vista project. The Jeanne Gang-designed condominium and hotel tower is near the Chicago River and Lake Michigan, at 303 E. Wacker Drive.
Here is a look at Vista Tower by the numbers.
Completing Vista: How tower was built
1,191
feet tall
Spring 2019
Concrete poured for 101st story
Summer 2018
Halfway point:
51 floors.
Spring 2018
Concrete poured for 47th level
Hotel
on lower
levels
Fall 2017
Tower rises above Upper Wacker Drive
Upper Wacker
Lower Wacker
115,000
Cubic yards of concrete used to build the skyscraper -- the equivalent of 12,800 full concrete mixer trucks.
12,600
Tons of reinforcing steel -- which the developers say is the equivalent of 16,800 cars or 4,200 elephants.
775,000
Square feet of exterior glass -- enough to cover about 13 1/2 football fields.
1,191
Spring 2019
Concrete poured for 101st story
feet tall
115,000
Cubic yards of concrete used to build the skyscraper -- the equivalent of 12,800 full concrete mixer trucks.
12,600
Tons of reinforcing steel -- which the developers say is the equivalent of 16,800 cars or 4,200 elephants.
775,000
Summer 2018
Square feet of exterior glass -- enough to cover about 13 1/2 football fields.
Halfway point:
51 floors.
Spring 2018
Concrete poured for 47th level
Hotel
on lower
levels
Fall 2017
Tower rises above Upper Wacker Drive
Upper Wacker
Lower Wacker
1,191
Spring 2019
Concrete poured for 101st story
feet tall
115,000
Cubic yards of concrete used to build the skyscraper -- the equivalent of 12,800 full concrete mixer trucks.
12,600
Tons of reinforcing steel -- which the developers say is the equivalent of 16,800 cars or 4,200 elephants.
775,000
Square feet of exterior glass -- enough to cover about 13 1/2 football fields.
Summer 2018
Halfway point:
51 floors.
Spring 2018
Concrete poured for 47th level
Hotel
on lower
levels
Fall 2017
Tower rises above Upper Wacker Drive
Upper Wacker
Lower Wacker
Inside the tower
396
Number of condo units, nearly half of which are under contract. The condo count has decreased from an originally announced 410, because some buyers have combined multiple units.
192
Number of hotel rooms planned in the low-rise portion of the skyscraper.
$840,000
The lowest price among pre-sold condos.
$18.5M
The highest price of a pre-sold unit.
How big is it?
Vista Tower will be the third tallest in Chicago.
1
5
2
3
4
1
Willis Tower
1,451 ft.
Trump International
Hotel & Tower
1,389
2
3
Vista Tower
1,191
Aon Center
1,136
4
875 N. Michigan Ave.
(Formerly Hancock)
1,126
5
Vista Tower
LAKE SHORE
Chicago River
COLUMBUS
WACKER
RANDOLPH
Maggie
Daley Park
Feet
500
1,451 ft.
1,389
1,191
1,136
1,126
Willis
Tower
Trump
International
Hotel &
Tower
Vista
Tower
875 N.
Michigan
Ave.
(Formerly
Hancock)
Aon
Center
Vista Tower
LAKE SHORE
Chicago River
COLUMBUS
WACKER
RANDOLPH
Maggie
Daley Park
Feet
500
1,451 ft.
1,389
1,191
1,136
1,126
Willis
Tower
Trump
International
Hotel &
Tower
Vista
Tower
875 N.
Michigan
Ave.
(Formerly
Hancock)
Aon
Center
Vista Tower
LAKE SHORE
Chicago River
COLUMBUS
WACKER
RANDOLPH
Maggie
Daley Park
Feet
500
When will it be finished?
The tower is estimated to be completed in 2020.
June 2018: Halfway point reached
September 2016:
Groundbreaking
2016
'17
'18
'19
'20
Spring 2020: Expected completion
of building
April:
Construction tops out
June 2018: Halfway point reached
September 2016:
Groundbreaking
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Spring 2020:
Expected completion of building
April:
Construction tops out
Spring 2020:
Expected completion of building
April:
Construction tops out
June 2018: Halfway point reached
September 2016:
Groundbreaking
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Sources: Magellan Development Group, Tribune reporting, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Created by the Chicago Tribune Dataviz team. On Twitter @ChiTribGraphics