The state of Illinois is in final negotiations to sell the James R. Thompson Center for $70 million to a developer who would spare one of the Loop’s most iconic — and controversial ...

In one of the biggest downtown deals of the decade, Google announced it intends to buy the Loop ’s iconic James R. Thompson Center. Following reports of a potential purchase late last month, the ...

Illinois Gov. James Thompson points out his favorite aspects of the State of Illinois Center during a party for construction workers involved in building the $172 million center in 1985.

The James R. Thompson Center, opened in 1985, is looking at a future of not being around, if Governor Bruce Rauner has his way. He wants a public auction to sell the property for cash by the close ...

Elizabeth Blasius affectionately calls the James R. Thompson Center the “post-modern people’s palace.” Blasius is one of the founders of the James R. Thompson Center Historical Society ...

The Thompson Center is the primary access point for the CTA’s busy Clark/Lake station, a significant transit hub that connects the Blue, Brown, Green, Pink, Orange, and Purple lines.

People walk outside the James R. Thompson Center in the Loop on Dec. 15, 2021, in Chicago. The state of Illinois is in final negotiations to sell the Thompson Center for $70 million.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Gov. Bruce Rauner is looking into moving his Chicago office from the James R. Thompson Center to the Michael A. Bilandic Building across the street. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay ...

Is the James R. Thompson Center a postmodern architectural gem — or a cockroach-infested dump where office wastebaskets do double-duty catching rainwater from the leaky ceiling? A group of three ...

State gets 2 bids to buy the James R. Thompson Center; here’s what’s next Two potential buyers have submitted plans to acquire the Helmut Jahn-designed building that preservationists have ...

When Bruce Rauner was governor, there was talk of getting $200 million for the Thompson Center. A figure like that seems like a fantasy now. Get free breaking news alerts from Crain's.

James R. Thompson Center, Chicago Long on the endangered list, the Thompson Center appears to be having its sale hurried along by the state’s COVID-19-exacerbated budget shortfall in 2020.