(from timeout.com)
Republican leaders in the Illinois General Assembly are renewing efforts to sell the James R. Thompson Center, that gleaming, inefficient building best known for housing a CTA station and a Taco Bell. One plan to redevelop the current site of the 1.2-million-square-foot building includes the construction of 1,7000-foot tower—the tallest in the city, if realized.
State Rep. Jim Durkin and Sen. Christine Radogno will introduce a bill that would permit the state to sell the Thompson Center, Durkin told Crain’s Chicago Business. The sale of the 16-story building could generate an estimated $220 million and save the state $326 million in deferred maintenance costs, according to the Illinois Department of Central Management Services. (MORE HERE)
Ok fine, can we vote on what to call it?I’m not going through the emotions of the Sears Tower ‘name change’ debacle again!!
