Right tower – wrong time?

Construction of Garrett Kelleher’s Chicago Spire is underway at a time when the US property market is enduring a slowdown.

For a man about to take what is the biggest gamble of his career to date, Garrett Kelleher appears remarkably relaxed.

Last week, the man who started out as a house-painter before building up a multimillion-euro property portfolio in Ireland and around the world, oversaw the unveiling of his latest project, the Chicago ...