| September 14, 1959 • | Plans announced to local media. |
| November 22, 1960 • | Groundbreaking ceremony. |
| September 1, 1961 • | Financing completed for $36 million project. |
| October 3, 1961 • | Construction permit obtained for office building. |
| January 9, 1962 • | Model apartments open (off-site) to public. |
| October 14, 1962 • | First tenants move into east residential tower. |
| November 22, 1962 • | Dedication ceremony. |
| January 12, 1963 • | First tenants move into west residential tower. |
| February 12, 1963 • | First passenger car drives into a parking ramp. |
| February 25, 1964 • | Marina City Bank opens in office building. |
| March 2, 1964 • | National Design Center opens in office building. |
| March 1964 • | Skating rink opens. |
| April 11, 1964 • | First restaurants open in commercial block. |
| July 10, 1964 • | Property management company purchases Marina City. |
| [exact date pending] 1968 • | With the completion of the theater building, the entire complex is finished. |
| August 4, 1977 • | Conversion to condominium announced to tenants by property management company. |
| November 22, 1988 • | Matas Corporation is successful bidder for commercial portion of Marina City, purchasing from bankrupt partnership led by Ellison Trine Starnes, Jr., who had acquired the property from Charles Swibel in 1983. Matas soon backs out of the deal. |
| November 21, 1990 • | After a deal falls through for Hiffman Schaffer Anderson Inc. to purchase the commercial property, Judge Richard L. Curry orders a mortgage foreclosure judgment that had been pending since 1987. |
| November 11, 1994 • | John L. Marks announces major renovations after buying the commercial property at Marina City for $3.35 million. |
| September 14, 1995 • | Marks and entrepreneur Isaac Tigrett announce plans for what will become the House of Blues nightclub and hotel. HOB investors Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, and John Goodman arrive at Marina City by rail car and perform. |
| October 8, 1997 • | Marina City architect Bertrand Goldberg dies. |
| February 26, 1998 • | Loews Hotels selected to operate House of Blues hotel. |
| April 15, 1998 • | Smith & Wollensky opens a restaurant in a new structure that replaces the skating rink. |
| February 22, 2006 • | House of Blues Hotel and adjacent commercial property sold to LaSalle Hotel Properties for $114.5 million. |
