With over 350,000 workers, Sears was considered the world’s biggest retailer in 1969. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Willis Tower (previously Sears Tower) in Chicago, Illinois Carol M. The Willis Tower’s height is recorded as being just over 1,400 feet high and comprises 108 levels in total. Additional office space was also required in the plan to accommodate the company’s expected growth. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill was commissioned by Sears to create an office tower that would accommodate its headquarters as well as the various offices they had distributed around Chicago in one structure. The Willis Tower, which soars over the windswept metropolis of Chicago, was once the highest skyscraper in the world when it was completed in 1973.
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