There is a gaping hole where one of the world’s tallest buildings is supposed to go up. The planned 150-story Chicago Spire would be 2,000 feet tall (610 m) if it gets built atop its completed foundation, ranking the tower the tallest in the Western Hemisphere and the sixth-tallest among the world’s planned skyscrapers.
The Spire was supposed to be finished by 2012 and the Irish developer staged a global marketing campaign. Buyers snapped up a third of its 1,194 luxury condominiums priced between $750,000 (514,776 pounds) and $40 million. Ty Warner, creator of the Beanie Baby toys, opted for the top-priced penthouse.
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