Stepping up for a cause Air is usually aplenty, but it didn't seem that way at the top of the Chase Tower on Saturday. Runners huffed and puffed as they reached the top floor of the tower - some holding their chests, others clutching their knees.
Awaiting the Winds of Change The plight of Chicago?s two largest office buildings detail the still raw difficulties of commercial real estate outside of the current US core markets of Washington, DC, New York City and to some extent, San Francisco and Texas cities.
The History And Future Of Sears Sears has suffered major setbacks in recent months, but the companys future may be in its real estate assets.
Blackstone Said to Seek Debt in Bid to Seize Chicago Tower The owners of Chicago?s fourth- tallest building are running out of time to refinance debt taken on during the property boom, setting the stage for a takeover fight for the tower as firms including Blackstone Group LP try to gain the upper hand in lender negotiations.
UK's tallest building adds drama to London's sky Passengers stepping out of London Bridge tube station cannot help but crane their necks to gaze at the jagged tower under construction: The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union and looks like a slice of glass balanced on the edge of the financial district.
Sears Crosstown Building: What's Up? John Branston says he's hearing that plans are afoot for the long-dormant Sears Crosstown tower. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Blackstone Said to Seek Debt in Bid to Seize Building in Chicago The owners of Chicago?s fourth- tallest building are running out of time to refinance debt taken on during the property boom, setting the stage for a takeover fight for the tower as firms including Blackstone Group LP try to gain the upper hand in lender negotiations.
Derrick Rose embraces Michael Jordan's legacy Bulls star says he doesn't compare to Air The tallest building in North America, located in Chicago, is the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower).
Cameron Brown Building's struggle symbolizes real estate bust The new landlord, which also owns the former in Chicago, told tenants improvements were on the way. They pledged to spend money on everything from fresh paint jobs to elevator upgrades. Instead of being improved, however, the 40-year ...
'The Shard': EU's new tallest building looms over a London in decline It cites the economic and oil crises of the early 1970s, which coincided with the completion of the World Trade Center in New York and the in Chicago. In Malaysia the building of the Petronas coincided with the Asian ...
The History And Future Of the . By the 1990s, wasn't the iconic mail-order brand that it once was. Since the 1930s, they had purchased companies like AllState Insurance, Dean Witter Financial Services (which subsequently merged with Morgan Stanley ...
Skyscrapers may herald economic woe The economic and oil crises of the 1970s coincided with the completion of the twin at New York's World Trade Centre, in 1972 and 1973, and Chicago's in 1974. The Asian financial crisis hit as Kuala Lumpur's Petronas were finished in 1997.
A Chase up the I can hear the question from here: Why?Stop making sense. It's done in metro cities, runs up the Empire State building in New York, the in Chicago, and those are 90 to 110 stories in height. Surely, we could survive a 31-story run-up.
Skycrapers and economic crashes linked: research Malaysia's Petronas coincided with the 1997 Asian financial crisis and Chicago's Willis (formerly ), built in 1974, preceded the oil crisis, the study said. The research has raised questions about China, currently the largest builder ...
Blackstone Said to Seek Debt in Bid to Seize Chicago ?It?s often a race to see who goes first.? The Willis , formerly known as , is the tallest building in the city, followed by the Trump International Hotel & Chicago and the Aon Center, according to the Council on Tall ...
Patricia Widder And it was. Now I face a brick and concrete wall. Condos, of course. Then I lost the . Oh, I still have the lighted dome of St. Mary of the Angels and the acres of sky that turn my huge windows into changeable art depending on the weather.
44 Square Miles of Forgotten Men The word "Food Desert" was coined to describe Chicago. It was in our city -- in the shadow of the and the Eisenhower Expressway, by the smoking factories lining the south shore and the rusting truss bridges eternally raised along the river ...
Willis Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Willis Tower (formerly named, and still commonly referred to as, the Sears Tower) is a 108- story, 1,451-foot (442 m) skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. At the time ...
The Sears Tower Skydeck Official site of the observation deck on the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower. Includes general information for individuals and groups, building trivia, online ticket ...
Sears Tower, Chicago - A View On Cities The Sears Tower in Chicago ... At the time the Sears tower was constructed in 1974, it was the world's tallest building, eclipsing New York's twin-towered World ...
Willis Tower: Definition from Answers.com Skyscraper office building in Chicago . With 110 floors and a height of 1,450 ft (442 m), it became the world's tallest building at its completion in 1974. Its ...