Presidential Towers in Chicago

• Construction start: 1985
• Construction finish: 1986
• Designed by: Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates
• Type: Skyscraper
• Stories: 49
• Maximum Height: 461 feet / 141 meters

> April 18, 2007 - The complex is sold to Waterton Residential for $470,000,000.
> February, 2008 - As part of a larger reworking of the complex, a plan is floated to turn one of the four towers into a hotel.

• ABN AMRO Plaza
• Harold Washington Social Security Center
• Batcolumn
• 10 South Canal
• METRA Ogilvie Transit Center
• Citigroup Center
• 525 West Monroe
• 550 West Washington
• Heller International Building
• 130 South Jefferson

There are six comments.

  Security staff and the paranoid system works like a police curfew system with tenants and their guest, treating people as livestock in line for hours if you dont have a magnetic card, even with permission of your host. It is awful. All my old neighbors have moved out within six months breaking their leasing due to bed bugs and the cheap agreement with UIC that is turning the complex in a mass dorm with drunken teenagers partying and doing noises. I will move as soon I find a place in the neighborhood because of my job.

Resident - Monday, April 13th, 2009 @ 8:36pm  

  We have lived in Tower 1 for 2 1/2 years and love it. We are on a very high floor with great views of the city, both branches of the river and even a peak at the lake. Our apartment is updated with granite counters and stainless steel appliances and beautiful wood laminate flooring. The maintenance staff is very professional and attentive. The location is outstanding for public transportation and all that this city has to offer. It offers the convenience of a fully stocked grocery store and several restaurants. We couldn't be happier

Jolie - Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 @ 10:50am  

  I've lived in Tower 3 for about 15 months. I love it!!! I live in a small efficiency in one of the top floors. Maintenance staff has been great. Haven't needed much other support. Short walk to work. Security is tolerable, but, I agree, youngsters on a power trip. Wouldn't raise a family here, but great for a single like me who just needs somewhere to live close to work.

Jim - Friday, August 22nd, 2008 @ 10:42am  

  This place is terrible. The only benefit of it is you're right across the street from the train station.I have not talked with one person who said their apartment wasn't filthy when they moved in. Mine had a dirty bandaid, pubes in the bathroom, plush duck and other stuff that should have been cleaned. Common a bright yellow duck under a bed? If you don't spot that you're not doing you're job.The staff is terrible and won't fix things when they should. It's amazing how easily they lose work reports. I'm still missing light bulbs. The security staff is no better than the cleaning staff either.And things break all the time. About one a month somebody gets stuck in an elevator. The building's internet and cable will go down every so often. It's just really not where you want to live.For the price you can find other places around the area that are a lot better.

Tom - Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 @ 9:22pm  

  We rented at Presidental Towers, Tower 1 for only 6 months. The place gets old FAST! Imagine having your laundry room shut down constantly because of water leaks. And imagine slipping and falling in puddles on tiled floors because the floors are never clean. Management is AWFUL! They lie and don't care about what happens to you, they've got 2,600 units, what's one more complaint? And I couldn't agree more about the staff that runs the front desk, one evening I heard them talk about selling marijuana and smoking it after their shifts. Please stay away, spend the extra hundred or two and stay somewhere else.

Ryan - Friday, March 2nd, 2007 @ 10:33pm  

  have rented several places and by far the worst living experience of my life. Management is rude and lie about complaints. Extremely biased staff and security, or what you can call security. It's basically a bunch of little 20 year old kids with flashlights who are on a power trip.

Raju Mehta - Friday, December 29th, 2006 @ 10:31am