“With their building manager CBRE, they deserve a lot of credit. “Riverside and Convexity are seeking to provide their tenants and their employees and visitors and citizens of Chicago with an actively programmed public space,” said Dan Biederman. The building will feature a selection of restaurants, world class amenities and a spectacular 1.5-acre urban park with year-round programming, which will be one of the largest privately owned public parks in the City of Chicago. The building serves as the new US headquarters for BMO Financial Group.īiederman and his firm Biederman Redevelopment Ventures ( will provide a detailed programming plan for the public park, including a tentative schedule for programs, amenities, events, budgets, and a procurement list related to supplies and equipment.īRV will also participate in the recruitment, interviewing, and selection of the Program Coordinator for the public space and will be responsible for training the successful candidate as the programs start-up and continue working with that person throughout the spring, summer, and fall.ģ20 South Canal, also known as the BMO Tower, is a new 50-story commercial office building adjacent to Union Station in Chicago. Here’s a press release from Biederman Redevelopment Ventures regarding the park and the programming plans to come:ĬHICAGO, (April 27, 2020) – – Dan Biederman, one of the country’s leading urban redevelopment experts and public space management consultants has partnered with Riverside Investment & Development Company and Convexity Properties to design free programming for The Park 320 at the entryway of 320 South Canal Street in downtown Chicago. There is also a street-level entrance on Canal Street. There are accessible ramps at both ends of the park: one off Clinton Street next to the Union Station Transit Center, and one of Van Buren Street. The “main” entrance to the park is a stairway on the corner of Clinton and Van Buren Streets. The dreaded day job will keep me away from the big ceremony, so I headed down to the West Loop (Gate) Sunday to check out the park. The Green at 320, the public plaza below the just-completed office tower 320 South Canal, opened quietly last week, ahead of its official opening Friday the 24th.

This post has been updated to recognize the work by Confluence, designer of The Green at 320. A rendering of The Green at 320 from Goettsch Partners.

Chicago hits 320