Sprawling 71st-floor penthouse in Helmut Jahn’s ‘1000M’ tower wants $8.1M

Still months away from breaking ground, Chicago’s 832-foot-tall 1000M condo tower is steadily ramping up its marketing efforts. Over the weekend, the first residential unit in the upcoming skyscraper—a nearly 5,500-square-foot penthouse on the 71st floor—hit the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for an eye-watering $8.1 million.

Featuring four bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms, a private terrace, and higher than standard ceilings, the unbuilt residence is seeking nearly $1500 per foot. It would be located directly below the tower’s 72nd floor resident lounge and wrap-around outdoor terrace.

Dubbed ‘Club 1000’ and featuring a living green wall and a full service bar, the shared space is just one piece of the luxury tower’s 40,000 square feet of amenity space. Other offerings include a fitness center, library, music conservatory, formal dining room, 11th floor landscaped pool deck, and a spa with a Himalayan salt therapy room.

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Designed by architect Helmut Jahn and boasting interiors by Kara Mann, 1000M will provide sweeping views of Lake Michigan and the Loop skyline. The building is slated for a 32,000-square-foot surface parking lot at 1000 S. Michigan Avenue, across from Grant Park. A nearby sales gallery showcasing the project’s 323 condominiums opened this summer at 1006 S. Michigan.

When complete, 1000M will join an increasingly crowded Chicago ultra-luxury market. Other upscale for-sale residential projects include the Vista Tower in Lake Shore East, One Bennett Park tower in Streeterville, and the recently-revealed One Chicago Square proposal in River North. Construction is anticipated to begin in 2018.

The current record for a South Loop condominium sale stands at “just” $3.2 million. It was set in July of last year by a five-bedroom, 4,600-square-foot unit overlooking Grant Park’s southern edge, reported Crain’s.

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• 1000 S. Michigan Avenue #71-PH1, Chicago IL [@properties]
• Amenities, interior designs unveiled for 1000M [Curbed Chicago]
• South Loop archives [Curbed Chicago]