Mary Ann O'Rourke: Sears headquarters was once the paradise of workspaces
With a tinge of sadness — almost like grief — I read the recent news that the new owners of the former Sears, Roebuck and Co. corporate headquarter...
With a tinge of sadness — almost like grief — I read the recent news that the new owners of the former Sears, Roebuck and Co. corporate headquarters site plan on demolishing the Hoffman Estates complex to erect a new data center. I joined Sears in 1993, a year after the company moved from the Sears Tower in Chicago to Hoffman Estates. On a sunny September morning, I arrived in my late-model Honda Civic for a public relations position interview. Almost late, after a 75-minute drive on a congested Interstate 90 from Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, I rushed from the parking lot toward the glimmering main entrance.