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Facts
Official Name Park Tower
Type building
Status Completed
Country United States
State Illinois
City Chicago
Street Address / Map 800 North Michigan Avenue
Building Function residential / hotel
Structural Material concrete
Proposed 1994
Start of Construction 1998
Completion 2000
Global Ranking #180 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #41 tallest in North America
National Ranking #37 tallest in United States
City Ranking #12 tallest in Chicago
Figures
Height: Architectural 257.4 meter / 844 feet
Height: Occupied 239.1 meter / 784 feet
Height: To Tip 257.4 meter / 844 feet
Floors Above Ground 68
Floors Below Ground 1
# of Elevators 11
Top Elevator Speed 5.08 m/s
Tower GFA 77,632 m² / 835,624 ft²
# of Hotel Rooms 203
# of Parking Spaces 200
Companies Involved
Owners 800 N. Michigan Ave. Condominium Association;
Park Hyatt Water Tower Associates
Developer Park Hyatt Water Tower Associates
Design Architect Lucien Lagrange Architects
Associate Architect HKS Architects
Structural Engineer Chris P. Stefanos & Associates
MEP Engineer Environmental Systems Design, Inc.
Project Manager Hyatt Development Corporation
Main Contractor James McHugh Construction Co.
Other Consultants KONE;
(elevator supplier)
RWDI;
Precast Concrete Specialties, Inc.;
Vetter Stone Company
Videos
Formworks for High-Rise Construction
J. Gnida (PERI Gmbh), CTBUH Mumbai Conference

Technical Papers
Recent Applications of Damping Systems for Wind Response
P. A. Irwin (Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin), B. Breukelman (Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin), CTBUH Melbourne Congress