Sears Tower was renamed Willis Tower on July 16, 2009. There are a number of good sites with brief histories of the tower. For example: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/sears_tower.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Tower You may also want to borrow a copy of this History Channel documentary from your library (or request that they borrow it from another library): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156626508?sloc=Illinois Hope these are helpful! --Bill Pardue Arlington Heights Memorial Library http://www.ahml.info Librarians--Ask Us, We Answer!
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Because it was commissioned to be built by Sears, Roebuck and Company. It is currently owned by a group of real estate investors and is now officially named Willis Tower because the Willis Insurance Group is the largest tenant.
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The idea may have first been suggested by Frank Lloyd Wright, but it was designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill. Bruce Graham was the lead architect and Fazlur Khan the structural engineer. The Sears Tower was renamed Willis Tower on 16 July, 2009.
Sears had it built to consolidate its company's offices into one building, but the building stood half empty and the planed growth projections they had made when building never came.
Sears eventually moved out selling it to AEW Capital Management, in the mid 1990s. Sears' naming rights expired in 2003.
In 2009 Willis Tower became the new name.
The tower is designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, which also designed the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower)
The tower is designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, which also designed the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) in Chicago, United States and the new One World Trade Center in New York City, USA among numerous other famous high-rises.
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The Sears Tower is now officially called Willis Tower.
the people that bought the sears tower are thinking about painting it silver. so i think that is why they are calling it the sears tower black
The Sears Tower, now known as the Willis Tower, is 108 stories tall.
108 Stories, and the Sears Tower is now known as The Willis Tower.
Willis Group Holdings, a London-based insurance broker, consolidated its Chicago area offices to the Sears Tower. As part of the deal, Willis Group Holdings gets to put its own name on the skyscraper.
No. The Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) was built approx. 80 years after the Eiffel Tower, and the tallest building before the Sears Tower was the World Trade Center.
No. It was designed by the firm of Skidmore, Owens, and Merrill. Wright drew preliminary plans for the Illinois Building, which would have been a full mile tall, but it was never built. The Sears Tower was renamed Willis Tower on July 16, 2009.
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