The Chicago Fire hosted a groundbreaking event Tuesday afternoon for their privately funded $750 million soccer stadium on a vacant former rail yard in the South Loop, staking their turf in the city’s competitive sports landscape.
Designed by Roger Ferris + Partners and Gensler and developed by Related Companies and Oxford Properties, the 832-foot-tall structure is planned to become New York’s first zero-carbon-emission skyscraper and will yield just under 1.4 million square feet of office space.
The Willets Point development, across from Citi Field, is one of New York City’s largest all-affordable housing projects.