On March 29, 2006, the Chicago City of Council also approved the building's design. The initial design of the building was passed unanimously by the Chicago Plan Commission on March 16, 2006, and by the Chicago Zoning Committee on March 23, 2006. In the proposal the Spire was to be a 116-story structure with hotel and condominiums topped by a tall broadcast antenna mast. Carley of the Fordham Company proposed the Fordham Spire in July 2005. Developer Garrett Kelleher signed over the property location to the project's biggest creditor, Related Midwest, who announced that they would not build the Spire and released their own site. On November 4, 2016, a court ruling brought the original development plan and the extended litigation over the nine-year-old project to a close. On March 16, 2006, the Chicago Plan Commission unanimously approved the initial design of the building. The building was designed and spearheaded by Spanish architect-engineer Santiago Calatrava and Chicago developer Christopher T. When originally proposed as the Fordham Spire in July 2005, the design had 116 stories, included a hotel and condominiums, and was topped with a broadcast antenna mast. Lake Shore Drive, it would have stood 2,000 feet (610 m) high with 150 floors and been the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. The Chicago Spire was a skyscraper project in Chicago that was partially built between 20 before being cancelled.
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