CTBUH Silver Member

McHugh Construction

About

Member Since: 2010

Member Offices: Chicago

Website: https://mchughconstruction.com/

Specializing in multi-family residential, hotel and hospitality, and recreational facilities, McHugh Construction is a fourth-generation, privately-owned company and one of the largest full-service construction firms in the U.S. McHugh provides a platform for collaboration, transparency, and efficiency. Within that seamless approach, we offer a full range of core competencies and capabilities including general contracting, construction management, design-build, preconstruction services, program management, concrete construction, structural engineering services on behalf of every client on every project. McHugh’s unwavering commitment and transparency to its clients, its ability to deliver exceptional results on time and within budget, and its dedication to growing and developing its partnerships with subcontractors is the reputation we’ve built and the reason behind our 80% repeat business. We have transformed some of the most luxurious five-star hotels like the Peninsula, Ritz-Carlton Chicago, Four Seasons, constructed record setting high rise buildings with NEMA Chicago, St. Regis Chicago, Aqua Tower, and built recreational facilities at United Center and Indoor Track & Field Facility at Gately Park. While based and focused on work in the Chicagoland area, McHugh has also completed projects around the country in locations including Nashville, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and South Florida.

Fields of Expertise

Construction / Contractor

Buildings

RANK
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

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Height
1 The St. Regis Chicago
362.9 m / 1,191  ft
2 NEMA Chicago
273.1 m / 896  ft
3 Aqua at Lakeshore East
261.8 m / 859  ft
4 Park Tower
257.4 m / 844  ft
5 1000M
245.4 m / 805  ft
6 Waldorf Astoria Chicago
209 m / 686  ft
7 Grand Plaza Apartments
195.4 m / 641  ft
8 Chicago Place
185.3 m / 608  ft
9 The Clare
179.5 m / 589  ft
10 Marina City I
179.2 m / 588  ft

Awards

Alcove

Award of Excellence: Alcove

Best Tall Building, by Height, 100-199 meters 2024

Ctbuh Leaders

Eamonn Connolly

Eamonn Connolly

CTBUH Chicago Chapter, 2024 – Present

Chicago

RANK
Name
Height
1 The St. Regis Chicago

363 m / 1,191 ft
2 NEMA Chicago

273 m / 896 ft
3 Aqua at Lakeshore East

262 m / 859 ft
4 Park Tower

257 m / 844 ft
5 1000M

245 m / 805 ft
6 Waldorf Astoria Chicago

209 m / 686 ft
7 201 North Columbus

196 m / 642 ft
8 Grand Plaza Apartments

195 m / 641 ft
9 Chicago Place

185 m / 608 ft
10 The Clare

179 m / 589 ft
11 Marina City I

179 m / 588 ft
11 Marina City II

179 m / 588 ft
13 Cirrus

171 m / 562 ft
14 Huron Plaza

171 m / 560 ft
15 Streeter Place

169 m / 554 ft
16 Newberry Plaza

169 m / 553 ft
17 Park Millennium

166 m / 544 ft
18 River Plaza

160 m / 524 ft
19 191 North Wacker Drive

157 m / 516 ft
20 600 North Lake Shore Drive - South Tower

156 m / 513 ft
21 215 West

155 m / 509 ft
22 50 East Chestnut Street

151 m / 495 ft
23 Wolf Point West

148 m / 485 ft
24 The Regatta

146 m / 480 ft
25 73 East Lake

146 m / 477 ft
26 Coast at Lakeshore East

142 m / 467 ft
27 Presidential Towers I

141 m / 461 ft
27 Presidential Towers II

141 m / 461 ft
27 Presidential Towers III

141 m / 461 ft
27 Presidential Towers IV

141 m / 461 ft
31 The Residences at Grand Plaza

140 m / 458 ft
32 Kingsbury Plaza

139 m / 456 ft
33 600 North Lake Shore Drive - North Tower

138 m / 453 ft
34 The Reed

137 m / 451 ft
35 Hubbard Place

137 m / 449 ft
36 MILA

135 m / 444 ft
37 Marquee

133 m / 436 ft
38 Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

131 m / 431 ft
39 1130 South Michigan

131 m / 431 ft
40 Sky55

129 m / 425 ft
41 2020 North Lincoln Park West

128 m / 421 ft
42 The Sinclair

128 m / 420 ft
43 Alcove

128 m / 419 ft
44 Alta at K Station - East Tower

127 m / 417 ft
45 Cascade

123 m / 403 ft
46 Cityfront Place

121 m / 396 ft
47 The Pearson

120 m / 395 ft
48 Walton Colonnade

120 m / 395 ft
49 The Chandler

118 m / 389 ft
50 2650 North Lakeview

117 m / 384 ft
51 Alta at K Station - West Tower

115 m / 378 ft
52 1700 East 56th Street

115 m / 376 ft
53 LPM Apartments

114 m / 374 ft
54 1111 South Wabash

112 m / 367 ft
55 K2

112 m / 366 ft
56 Hyatt Regency Chicago West Tower

111 m / 365 ft
57 Echelon at K Station

111 m / 363 ft
58 370 North Morgan

109 m / 358 ft
59 Regents Park South

109 m / 357 ft
60 Cassidy on Canal

108 m / 355 ft
61 Park Alexandria

106 m / 347 ft
62 SoBro

105 m / 345 ft
63 Regents Park North

104 m / 342 ft
64 200 East Delaware

102 m / 336 ft
65 Elm Street Plaza

102 m / 335 ft
66 840 North Lake Shore Drive

100 m / 329 ft
67 Prentice Women's Hospital

96 m / 316 ft
68 theWit Hotel

95 m / 311 ft
69 EnV

94 m / 308 ft
70 1225 West Fulton Market

92 m / 303 ft
71 Kenmore Plaza

87 m / 284 ft
72 Quadrangle House

83 m / 272 ft
73 Prairie Pointe

83 m / 271 ft
74 Aspire

81 m / 265 ft
75 Hilton Garden Inn Chicago Downtown/Magnificent Mile

79 m / 260 ft
76 Lake Village East

79 m / 258 ft
77 Cambridge Manor

78 m / 254 ft
78 Toyoko Inn Hotel

77 m / 252 ft
79 123 East Cermak

76 m / 248 ft
80 Arthur on Aberdeen

66 m / 217 ft
81 Vue20 Condominium

61 m / 200 ft
82 Centennial Wheel

60 m / 196 ft
83 Embry

57 m / 186 ft
84 Crowne Plaza Chicago Metro

53 m / 173 ft
85 City Hyde Park

52 m / 172 ft
86 Vue53

46 m / 151 ft
87 Bally's Chicago Hotel Tower

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CTBUH Initiatives Involving James McHugh Construction Co.

Chicago Future Leaders to Tour Vista Tower (Sold Out)

08 August 2019

The CTBUH Chicago Future Leaders Committee will lead a tour of Vista Tower, which upon completion will be the tallest Chicago building designed by a woman.

CTBUH Staff Reaches New Heights at Chicago's Vista Tower

14 December 2018

To bring a successful year to a close, CTBUH staff enjoyed an extensive tour of the under-construction Vista Tower, a residential and hotel development in Chicago's Lakeshore East.

Wolf Point West Tower Tour

27 August 2015

CTBUH Chicago hosted a tour of Wolf Point West Tower, a new building currently under construction along the Chicago River.

YPC Holds Student Workshop on Coast at Lakeshore East

20 March 2013

The Young Professionals Committee hosted its first student workshop at the University of Illinois at Chicago on the Coast at Lakeshore East.

Climbing the Coast: Tour Report of New Chicago Skyscraper

24 July 2012

With only two floors left before topping out, the CTBUH Young Professionals Committee organized a tour last week of the Coast at Lakeshore East.

Young Professionals Committee Holds Inaugural Event

04 April 2012

CTBUH’s newly-established Young Professionals Committee staged their first event, a multi-disciplinary presentation on the creation of Aqua, the landmark Chicago tower.