River Point

River Point, previously known as 200 North Riverside Plaza, is a 52-story 730 ft. (213 m) tall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, located at 444 West Lake Street.

It sits on air rights above active railroad tracks and as well the subway portion of the CTA Blue Line, which affected the angle of some support columns, which in turn produced the parabolic arch in the base of the building.

[6] The anchor tenant is the law firm McDermott Will & Emery, which occupies 225,000 sq ft (20,900 m2) of office space,[7] and it moved in to River Point in March 2017.

To accommodate the land required for the public park and river walk it is built over a set of active railroad tracks.

Kamin points out how the structure of this building is affected by the once-surface railroad tracks and the CTA Blue Line subway tunnel running beneath it, requiring a tilt in some support columns.

River Point from the Chicago River in July 2024
River Point from the Chicago River in July 2024