Oracle Breaks Ground on $4.5B River North Campus

Oracle broke ground November 10 on its River North campus at 800 Cowan St. The mixed-use project spans roughly 82 acres and includes five interconnected clusters of office buildings totaling about 1.3 million square feet. Foster + Partners is the architect. Site prep and land clearing began in January.

The campus includes office clusters of three to eight stories, a 120-room Nobu hotel and restaurant, an amphitheater, a private auditorium, retail and a central park. Plans call for 2,521 parking spaces in lower-level decks, plus a riverfront greenway, walking paths and a public pedestrian bridge. More than 1,900 trees are planned. The campus is targeting LEED Gold.

The investment is approximately $4.5 billion. Oracle is funding $175 million in public infrastructure, including the pedestrian bridge, a public park, greenway connections and street improvements. The project is expected to create 8,500 jobs by 2031. It sits in Subdistrict 3 of the River North Urban Design Overlay.

First buildings are expected to open in 2030.