1000M
1000M is an apartment complex in the Historic Michigan Boulevard District portion of Michigan Avenue in the Chicago Loop. Designed by Helmut Jahn and Kara Mann, the building is a 73-story, tall tower located at 1000 South Michigan Avenue.
Construction on 1000M began in December 2019 but was halted for a time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It ultimately opened in June 2024. The building was the final project designed by Jahn.
History
Construction was temporarily halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It began again in late 2021/early 2022. The building officially opened in June 2024.Ownership
The building is a joint venture between New York-based firms JK Equities and Time Equities, and Oak Capital.Architecture
was the lead architect on the project. The tower is largely composed of glass with aluminum horizontal spandrels flanking each floor. The tower is capped with a 2-story east facing amenity space including a protected terrace with views toward Lake Michigan.Interior design
Kara Mann, of Kara Mann Design, designed the interiors of the building, including the outdoor and amenity spaces to have "a purity and lightness."Previous building designs
Plans for the building were released in August 2015. Although the historic district zoning has height restrictions of 425 feet, on September 23, 2015, the City Clerk of Chicago's website posted that the building was planned to have a rooftop terrace reaching. Blair Kamin of the Chicago Tribune later wrote that plans called for a tower. Eventually, the building was redesigned to stand. The plan was approved on April 22, 2016. Instead of the more common setback architectural design, the original building would have had overhangs on its south face with successively larger rising cubes that Blair Kamin referred to as presenting a "striking, if somewhat precarious, effect".The early designs for the building included an 85th-floor roof deck for condo residents. The property, which overlooks Grant Park, had been owned by Warren Barr who had plans for a 40-story condominium tower until he lost ownership through foreclosure to First American Bank in a July 2010 proceeding that saw the property sell for $11.3 million. If completed, the building will surpass the Metropolitan Tower at 310 South Michigan as the Historic Michigan Boulevard District's tallest structure. Even after redesigns reducing the building's height, it remained the tallest building along Michigan Avenue across from Grant Park.
Height
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks has jurisdiction over the proposal due to its placement in the Historic District. In February 2016, The Landmark Commission considered formalizing a height restriction in the region of the historic district between 8th and 11th streets. Subsequently, the tower's height was scaled-back to and the building was redesigned to employ the current curving silhouette.When completed, the building will surpassed the Metropolitan Tower at 310 South Michigan as the Historic Michigan Boulevard District's tallest structure. It will also become the tallest building in the city south of the Willis Tower. Even after the shorter redesign, the building retained the claim as the 13th tallest building in the City of Chicago.