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Grand Plaza I is a residential skyscraper

Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

in Chicago

Chicago

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. The 57 story building was completed in 2003 at a height of 641 feet (195.4 m) when measured from its decorative spire

Spire

A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. Etymologically, the word is derived from the Old English word spir, meaning a sprout, shoot, or stalk of grass....

s. Grand Plaza I is one of the tallest all-residential buildings in Chicago and contains 481 luxury apartment units. It is also the tallest building in the Chicago zip code

ZIP Code

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60610, the zip code with the most high-rises in the city. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=100436

Phase two of the Grand Plaza complex was The Residences at Grand Plaza, completed in the same year. At 39 floors, it is the shorter of the two twin towers and is now a condominium

Condominium

A condominium, or condo, is the form of housing tenure and other real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate is individually owned while use of and access to common facilities in the piece such as hallways, heating system, elevators, exterior areas is executed under legal rights...

building.

Both buildings were designed by Loewenberg + Associates and OWP&P Architects. They also share a common base full of retail

Retail

Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...

such as a Jewel-Osco supermarket

Supermarket

A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...

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