Sears had actually lost the naming rights to the building in 2003, but the retailer’s branding stuck around for another six years until Willis slapped its name on the tower. 3. CHICAGOANS TRIED ...

The enclosed glass ledge juts out from the 103rd floor of Sears Tower, which at the time was the tallest building in the United States. New signage adorns the newly named Willis Tower in 2009.

Willis Tower! It's weird, right? The name change? As a kid, the Sears Tower's name was something that was completely unique from the mega clothing store. It never occurred to me that the Sears ...

December 1997 - The building is sold to a Canadian real estate firm, TrizecHahn Corp. March 2009 - The owners of the Sears Tower announce that the building will be renamed Willis Tower ...

tall Willis Tower (aka Sears Tower), which has since loomed ominously over the city's nighttime skyline as a black-souled metaphor for the United States in the year 2020. pic.twitter.com ...

Sears Tower is history. As of Thursday, the iconic Chicago, Illinois, skyscraper is now named Willis Tower. At least that's what the owners of the 110-story skyscraper now call it after its new ...

The investment firm bought Willis in 2015 for $1.3 billion ... Off of Jackson and in a nod to the building’s roots with Sears Roebuck, the tower now has a retail and dining center called ...

My grade school-age son calls it Willis Tower, and gives me a hard ... Personally, when it comes to the tower formerly known as Sears, all I care about is that when I tell people to meet me ...

CHICAGO — The Sears Tower, one of the world’s iconic skyscrapers and the tallest building in the U.S., was renamed the Willis Tower today in a downtown ceremony, marking a new chapter in the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some lights were on at the Willis Tower early Friday morning, but full power still has not been restored to Chicago's tallest building after weekend flooding knocked it out.

North America's tallest building is changing its name from the Sears Tower to Willis Tower after a big leasing deal with British insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd. The name change in what ...