Irishman’s Chicago Spire dream may yet rise from the ashes

It seemed all over, a Dublin developer’s dream of building the twisting, soaring Chicago Spire, planned to be the tallest building in the western hemisphere.

But Garrett Kelleher is back, fighting to keep the dream alive and begin again to build on what has been since 2008 nothing more than a multi-million dollar 2.2-acre hole in the ground.

His plans are likely not to be as ambitious as before, but Kelleher has struck a deal with a development company that would allow him to pay off debtors and at least hold on to the site.