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Facts
Official Name Roosevelt University Academic, Student Life Residence Center
Former / Other Names Roosevelt Tower
Roosevelt University Tower, Wabash Tower
Type building
Status Completed
Country United States
State Illinois
City Chicago
Street Address / Map 425 South Wabash Avenue
Building Function residential / education / office
Structural Material steel / concrete
Energy Label LEED Gold
Proposed 2008
Start of Construction 2010
Completion 2012
Figures
Height: Architectural 143.0 meter / 469 feet
Height: Occupied 129.8 meter / 426 feet
Height: To Tip 143.0 meter / 469 feet
Floors Above Ground 32
Floors Below Ground 1
# of Elevators 10
Top Elevator Speed 3.81 m/s
Tower GFA 38,516 m² / 414,583 ft²
Companies Involved
Owner Roosevelt University
Developer The John Buck Company
Design Architect VOA Associates
Associate Architect Johnson & Lee Architects
Structural Engineer Magnusson Klemencic Associates
MEP Engineer WMA Consulting Engineers
Project Manager Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
Main Contractor Power Construction Company
Material Suppliers Permasteelisa Group
Other Consultants KONE
(elevator supplier)
Technical Papers
Creating a Vertical University in an Urban Environment
Groesbeck, Christopher (VOA Associates), CTBUH Journal
Tall Buildings in Future Development of Metropolitan
Christopher Groesbeck (VOA Associates), John DeVries & John McDonald (Roosevelt University), Ron Klemencic (MKA), CTBUH Shanghai Congress

Other CTBUH Links
YPC Holds Student Workshop on Vertical University
CTBUH Young Professionals Committee, 2013
Inside the Roosevelt
CTBUH Tour, 2012
Roosevelt University: New Vertical Campus Tower
CTBUH Tour, 2011

News Articles
New University Tower Adds Sizzle to Chicago's Skyline
Chicago Tribune, 2012-04
High Rise Means Higher Profile for Windy City University
MHN Online, 2011-10
New Roosevelt Skyscraper Goal is Community Quality
Gazette, 2010-10
Roosevelt University Building a Glass Tower of its Own
Chicago Tribune, 2010-08
Chicago's University Tower
SkyscraperNews.com, 2010-06
Roosevelt University to Construct 32-story Building; 2nd-tallest in U.S.
Chicago Tribune, 2009-11