![]() ![]() The Tower will also soon be undergoing a new greening initiative as well as the construction of a new 50-story hotel. CHICAGO - For Chicagoans it may be the architectural equivalent of having to watch Michael Jordan. Willis has a deal through March 2025 to pay 1 million per year for naming rights to the 3.8 million-square-foot building, according to a Bloomberg report tied to a loan on the property. The new name is, as you'll recall, in honor of the London-based real estate firm that is the new landlord of the city's tentpole. Chicago's Sears Tower will be renamed Willis Tower after London-based Willis Group Holdings. The building has been named the Sears Tower since its opening in 1973 even though Sears & Roebuck hasn't been a tenant since 1992. ![]() And now the elevator that takes you to and from the Sky Deck thanks you for visiting the "Willis Tower." This met with groans and then a full chorus of boo's (and one "Whatchu talkin' 'bout Willis?") this morning from the tenents - who were there because the building opened up the skydeck (and the new ledges) to tenants for free. chisled marble disappeared (replaced with just plain marble). Last week, while Prescott and I were teetering over The Ledge, reader Melody - who works in the Tower - sent us an email saying: The changeover is continuing slowly but surely. Khan Developer Sears,Roebuck & Company Built in 1970 - 1974 Weight +225.000tn Height 527,3m Roof Height 442.14m Top Floor Height 412. ![]() will become The Willis Tower officially. Myron Goldsmith Structural Engineer Fazlur R. The Sears Tower will cease to be and instead, in a ceremony, the building - the tallest in the U.S. The day many have dreaded - and even more have dismissed - will finally arrive tomorrow. ![]()
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