13 March 2009

Ch-Ch-Changes

First, the demise of Marshall Field's, and now this?

From the Chicago Tribune:
Willis Group Holdings, an insurance broker based in London, is consolidating its American offices into 140,000 square feet of office space at the Sears Tower. The deal will allow them to change the name of the landmark building.

Come this summer, it will be known as the Willis Tower.
Huh?

I haven't lived there in about a decade, but I can imagine how Chicagoans feel right about now. And the Willis Group better hope they have the thick skin to ride out the major shit storm coming their way.