- State Street view of Tree Studios
Nestled between high rises, Tree Studios is an internationally recognized landmark building that dates back to 1894. Now fully restored, the complex houses a collection of retail shops and galleries as well as a shared studio environment for the creative arts. These unique work spaces are available for lease through The Suites Collection. We welcome tenants who are artists or have artistically related businesses. Current occupants include painters, writers, architects and graphic designers, among others.
Judge Lambert Tree
The story of Tree Studios continues to enhance our city’s architectural prestige. Earlier this year, the studios and surrounding buildings were celebrated through the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Awards for Excellence: The Americas competition. The Awards are widely known as the land use industry’s most prestigious recognition program honoring creativity, vision and best practices in land use. Original owners Judge & Mrs. Lambert Tree, whose likenesses are sculptured at the entrance to the building, certainly made good use of their land by conceiving a building that continues to enhance the work of artists more than a century later.
Anna Tree
During a recent presentation to the Burnham Committee, Alderman Edward Burke praised the restoration of Tree Studios by saying, “We are lucky to find ourselves in this picturesque location, a uniquely Chicago institution that once housed the nation’s oldest known artist studios. Like the city itself, Tree Studios faced adversity and finds itself still standing tall. As it evolves and continues to be an important part of the artistic and cultural landscape of Chicago, it provides a shining example of the living, breathing soul of our city, which is defined by its past, present, and future.”
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