# CHICAGO | 2215 South Michigan Ave | 576 FT | 50 FLOORS

**URL:** https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-2215-south-michigan-ave-576-ft-50-floors/877
**Category:** Proposed
**Created:** [August 29, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-2215-south-michigan-ave-576-ft-50-floors/877 "2014-08-29T01:06:19Z")
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### Author: ![chris08876](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/chris08876/32/1617_2.png) [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-2215-south-michigan-ave-576-ft-50-floors/877/1 "2014-08-29T01:06:19Z")

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**Rendering:**

[http://chicago.curbed.com/uploads/091613-marroitt2.jpg](http://chicago.curbed.com/uploads/091613-marroitt2.jpg)

> No more squinting at a cell phone pic of a crude scale model of the recently-announced McCormick Place Marriott Marquis— Gensler has generated the first computer renderings with practical perspectives for the 1,200-room McPier-guided hospitality project meant to revitalize an already-recovering part of town. By our count, the seductive shard of a tower will top out at about 50 stories with a jagged, etherial podium extending west. Some manner of active green space—hopefully with public access—is plopped atop the podium. Another amenity space looks to be cut into the tower’s upper floors— a gaping mouth of at least three stories’ height and considerable width (we’re thinking pool). The McPier authority awarded Marriott the operating contract on Friday, moving the McCormick area toward a two-hotel chain town (with Hyatt).

**Reference:**

1. [1,200-Room McCormick Place Marriott Gets First Full Reveal - Curbed Chicago](http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2013/09/16/1200room-mccormick-place-marriott-gets-first-full-reveal.php)