CHICAGO-Donald Trump never makes small plans. The New York developer and the corporate owners of the Chicago Sun-Times have announced preliminary plans to erect a “tall, thin” condominium and office tower on the newspaper’s 2.26-acre riverfront site at 401 N. Wabash Ave. that some hint could be the world’s tallest building.

However, the Sun-Times notes the building’s 2.4-million-sf size equates to the Aon Center at 200 E. Randolph St., which stands 80 stories. Nonetheless, that would dwarf all other buildings in the River North area, as well as many across the river in the Loop.

“I think it would be inappropriate to build the world’s tallest building on that site,” says Grubb & Ellis senior vice president and director Christopher R. Hill. Before joining Grubb & Ellis in January, he was Mayor Richard M. Daley’s planning and development commissioner.

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