375 East Wacker is a 76-story mixed-use skyscraper

Skyscraper

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 planned for the Lakeshore East

Lakeshore East

Lakeshore East is a master-planned mixed use urban development being built by the Magellan Development Group in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is located in the northeastern part of the Loop, which, along with Illinois Center, is called the Near East...

 area of Chicago

Chicago

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Design

The façade will be mostly glass with limestone accents and the façade will be lit with LED

LEd

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s which would change colors with the seasons. North Field Drive will pass under the structure. There will be a large cutout of about 20 floors in the middle of the building, something akin to the Grande Arche

Grande Arche

La Grande Arche de la Défense is a monument and building in the business district of La Défense and in the commune of Puteaux, to the west of Paris, France...

 building in Paris.

It is planned to house a five-star hotel with 224 suites, 671 condominiums and six stories of underground parking. Construction was planned to start by mid-2008.

See also

• List of buildings
• List of skyscrapers
• List of tallest buildings in Chicago

External links

• http://www.lakeshoreeast.com lakeshoreeast.com
• http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=299071 375 East Wacker at Emporis