Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex The Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex on the west side of Chicago, Illinois is where Sears, Roebuck conducted the bulk of its mail order operations between 1906 and 1993. It also served as the corporate headquarters until 1973, when the Sears Tower was completed. Of its original complex, only three buildings now survive, and have been adaptively rehabilitated to other uses. The complex was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978, at which time it still included the 3-million square foot mail order plant, the world's largest commercial building when it was completed. That building
Library Tower (Chicago) Associates. Library Tower (Chicago) Library Tower Chicago is located on 520 S. State Street, Chicago, Illinois, which is the block directly south of the main branch of the Chicago Public Library in the Loop community area. Currently (4/2009) the building has 184 Units. 52 units have been sold and closed. Another 36 are under contract. Apparently, the building was mostly sold unit the economy forced investors to pull out of the building, leaving it largely unsold. Units have been on sale since 2005, with closing first occurring in 2008. There has been substantial price drops from being on the market