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  2. Willis Tower - Wikipedia

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    The Willis Tower, originally and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110-story, 1,451-foot (442.3 m) skyscraper in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), it opened in 1973 as the world's tallest ...

  3. Blackstone Buying Former Sears Tower for $1.3 Billion - AOL

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    By Herbert Lash NEW YORK -- Blackstone Group (BX) agreed Monday to buy the Willis Tower, the former Sears Tower that for 25 years was the world's largest building, in a deal that features an ...

  4. It's Sears' tower no more - AOL

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    The Sears Tower is now officially the Willis Tower. Willis is a British-based insurance agency that bought the naming rights some months The iconic skyscraper that it once called home.

  5. List of tallest buildings in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The tallest building in the city is the 110-story Willis Tower (also known as the Sears Tower), which rises 1,451 feet (442 m) in the Chicago Loop and was completed in 1974. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Sears Tower was the tallest building in the world upon its completion, and remained the tallest building in the United States until May 10, 2013. [ 4 ]

  6. Willis Tower Fast Facts - AOL

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    Read Fast Facts from CNN about Willis Tower, formerly the Sears Tower, ... 1974 - The Skydeck opens for visitors. 1994 - Sears, Roebuck & Company sells the building to reduce its debt.

  7. Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex - Wikipedia

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    The Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex is a building complex in the community area of North Lawndale in Chicago, Illinois.The complex hosted most of department-store chain Sears' mail order operations between 1906 and 1993, and it also served as Sears' corporate headquarters until 1973, when the Sears Tower was completed.

  8. Chicago's Sears Tower to get new tenant, new name - AOL

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    CHICAGO (AP) -- The tallest building in America is getting a new name. Chicago's Sears Tower will be renamed Willis Tower after London-based Willis Group Holdings. The insurance broker announced ...

  9. List of tallest buildings in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Willis Tower † Chicago: 1,450 ft (442 m) 108 1974 Formerly known, and still commonly referred to, as the Sears Tower. It was the tallest building in the world from 1973 until 1998. Tallest building constructed in the world in the 1970s. [12] [13]