Los Angeles-based CIM Group and Chicago’s Golub & Co. unveiled plans last month to redevelop Chicago’s neo-gothic Tribune Tower and the land surrounding it to include an adjacent 1,422-ft-tall structure that, if built, would become the city’s second tallest buildng behind Willis Tower at 1,450 ft. The soon-to-be-former home of the Chicago Tribune, a landmarked building built in 1923, would be converted to 165 residential units and new retail space. The entire development is projected to cost $1 billion and start construction in 2019.

设计合作伙伴Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture的设计合作伙伴Gordon Gill表示，新塔的反射玻璃旨在看起来与Tribune Tower不同，而其垂直的铜鳍在青铜色的金属中覆盖，将补充历史悠久的塔的印第安纳州石灰岩外墙。新塔计划容纳200间客房的豪华酒店，439套租赁公寓，125个公寓和停车位。

Tribune Tower的翻新工程是由芝加哥的所罗门·科德威尔·布恩兹（Solomon Cordwell Buenz）与历史悠久的保护顾问Vinci Hamp Architects合作设计的。While it would leave the Chicago landmark’s exterior intact, other buildings in the complex—including structures that once housed the paper’s printing plant as well as radio and TV studios for cable network and radio broadcaster WGN—would see major modifications including a four-story addition to the broadcast building.

拆除论坛塔的内部空间已经开始，报纸的工作人员将在两个月内搬到附近的保诚广场。但是，世界各地著名建筑物的论坛通讯员占据的世界石头大部分都将嵌入建筑物的外立面中。一些石头将被转移到现场的其他地方，而建筑物的大厅将留下来，并继续向公众开放。

对该项目的最大斗争可能是芝加哥论坛报的装饰所发生的事情。CIM Group和Golub已提起诉讼，以防止报纸离开时将“芝加哥论坛报”的字母从建筑物的前部拼写。

“我们正在竭尽所能保持标志。像世界的石头一样，我们认为它是建筑物结构的一部分。” Golub＆Co。合伙人和执行副总裁Lee Golub解释说：“租户声称这是知识产权。我们相信我们合法获得的房地产。”

开发人员仍在寻求城市批准，这将需要进行分区更改。