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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

When asked what people call the building: “Sears Tower, right down the road from Comiskey Park,” posted one in a Facebook comment. “What’s this ‘Willis Tower’ — is it new?

But some locals aren't sold. "It's always going to be the Sears Tower. It's part of Chicago and I won't call it Willis Tower. In Chicago we hold fast," Chicago teacher Marianne Turk, 46 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...