Bye, Mag Mile Crate & Barrel; Hi, World's Largest Starbucks

CHICAGO, IL — With the way certain Seattle-based businesses are embracing the city, the Windy City is going to feel very much like the Emerald City to many Pacific Northwest transplants. Not only is Chicago trying to lure Seattle tech giants Amazon and Google to town, but the city will soon have the world's largest Starbucks.

The "trenta"-size Starbucks Reserve Roastery will move in to the building at 646 N. Michigan Ave., a Magnificent Mile site that has been the home of Crate & Barrel since it was built in 1990, according to real estate website Curbed Chicago. The home goods retailer closed the doors of that location this week, but it will still have a Chicago store at 850 W. North Ave.

"Chicago’s Magnificent Mile brings in millions of visitors from across this globe and is the perfect location for a world-class coffee destination," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in Starbucks' statement announcing the new shop. "This Starbucks Reserve Roastery will be an investment in Chicago and a strong addition to Michigan Avenue, where residents and visitors can enjoy incredible coffees from around the world in a remarkable environment.”

Before the new Starbucks opens in 2019, the coffe shop chain will spend nearly $10 million redesigning the site, Curbed reports. In fact, the construction permit has already been given for the project, the report added.

Besides the shop's world-record size, what else can coffee lovers expect when Starbucks Reserve Roastery opens next year? The store will include a bakery and rooftop deck as part of the "fully sensorial coffee environment" it will offer customers, according to Starbucks.

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"Tailored to the Chicago customer, the interactive four-story, 43,000-square-foot space will also be designed to bring coffee craft to life by offering multiple brewing methods, specialty Reserve beverages and mixology," the company said in its description of the new Reserve Roastery.

Chicago's Starbucks Reserve Roastery will be part of the company's "Roastery Experience" of stores, which it introduced in 2014 in Seattle. Starbucks will open similar shops — but not nearly as big — in Milan and New York City this year, and Tokyo will join Chicago with a Reserve Roastery in 2019.

More via Curbed Chicago

Concept art showing the new Starbucks Reserve Roastery that is set to open at 646 N. Michigan Ave., in 2019. (Image via Starbucks)