The historic Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalog House is set to be sold for about $300 million to a New York investor in a deal that would cap off an ambitious redevelopment that brought office workers ...

The Chicago Tribune denounced Ward, editorially, as an obvious crook. “Beware! Don’t patronize Montgomery Ward & Co. They are deadbeats!” the paper warned Nov. 8, 1873.

The statue has stood on the tower of the Montgomery Ward and Co. administration building since 1929. Constructed in 1927 on the east bank of the Chicago River, the building is now condominiums.

CHICAGO -- To understand ... It began life as the warehouse at the heart of Montgomery Ward & Co.'s catalog business. It emptied out in 1980, as the building's catalog operation moved elsewhere.

The Spirit of Progress, depicting the goddess Diana, has stood on the tower of the Montgomery Ward and Co. administration building along the east bank of the Chicago River for nearly a century. A ...

Location: Chicago, Illinois Price: $9.5 million This sleek three-story penthouse stands atop the former Montgomery Ward and Co. corporate headquarters building, which was converted to condos in 2006.