Millennium Park Plaza Project | Lamar Johnson Collaborative (LJC)

Developers Pristine LLC sought to enhance their current multi-use development by constructing a new addition on the southern end site, which has been vacant since 2008. This prominent corner of Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago was seen by the developers as an ideal location to reactivate with retail spaces and a restaurant. LJC designed the project, which also includes renovating the adjacent existing building’s multi-level lobby that connects to the new addition.

The architectural language of the addition takes its cues from the owner’s previous renovation of the existing building’s base. The new ground-level retail spaces are accessible from Michigan Avenue, while the upper-level restaurant spaces have been designed to create access from both Michigan Avenue and Beaubien Court, seamlessly maintaining the residential and office access through and alongside the existing multi-level lobby.