{"id":1004339423,"date":"2019-07-23T05:56:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004339423"},"modified":"2021-05-15T05:02:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T13:02:37","slug":"vi-leases-space-in-willis-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/vi-leases-space-in-willis-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Vi Leases Space in Willis Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004317790\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/04\/willis-tower.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004317790\" data-attachment-id=\"1004317790\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/blackstone-to-become-a-corporation\/willis-tower-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/04\/willis-tower.png\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"willis tower\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Willis Tower. Image courtesy of EQ Office.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/04\/willis-tower.png?w=800\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1004317790 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/04\/willis-tower.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/04\/willis-tower.png 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/04\/willis-tower.png?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/04\/willis-tower.png?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004317790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willis Tower. <em>Image courtesy of Gensler<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Vi, developer, owner and operator of retirement communities, has inked a 30,405-square-foot lease at Willis Tower in Chicago. Vi will relocate to the new space in early 2020 and will occupy the entire 84<sup>th<\/sup> floor of the building. &nbsp;Savills arranged the leasing transaction on behalf of the tenant. Telos Group represented the owner, EQ Office.<\/p>\n<p>Willis Tower is situated at 233 South Wacker Drive in the heart of downtown Chicago, near Quincy metro station. The office building is around 17 miles from O\u2019Hare International Airport, and it is easily accessible via Interstate 90. The iconic 110-story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/willis-towers-sustainable-practices-ensure-leed-gold\/\">LEED Gold building<\/a>&nbsp;was constructed in 1973 and sits on roughly 2.9 acres. Features of the building include a newly added 30,000-square-foot fitness center, a caf\u00e9 and lounge on the 33<sup>rd<\/sup> floor, as well as event spaces such as Altitude and the Steel Room.<\/p>\n<p>The Willis Tower is currently undergoing a $500 million renovation, which includes the reconfiguration of more than 400,000 square feet space. This renovation includes the remaking of five floors. The owner aims to add more retail space to the building in order to make it more attractive for tenants and tourists. The revamp is expected to be completed by mid-2020, according to Yardi Matrix.<\/p>\n<p>Savills Vice Chairman &amp; Director&nbsp;Lisa Davidson&nbsp;and Midwest Region Lead&nbsp;Joe Learner&nbsp;advised Vi on the transaction. Senior Managing Director&nbsp;Rich Dale&nbsp;and Director&nbsp;Loredana Perri, members of the firm\u2019s Project Management practice, are overseeing the office build-out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The retirement community developer-operator will take the entire 84th floor of EQ Office\u2019s iconic downtown Chicago property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":871,"featured_media":1004317790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21784,1491,21743,13,21742,21747],"tags":[43400,32779,34107,34092,33824],"class_list":["post-1004339423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brokerage","category-chicago","category-deals","category-midwest","category-latest","category-office","tag-eq-office","tag-leed","tag-savills","tag-the-telos-group-llc","tag-willis-tower"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vi Leases Space in Willis Tower - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/vi-leases-space-in-willis-tower\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vi Leases Space in Willis Tower\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The retirement community developer-operator will take the entire 84th floor of EQ Office\u2019s iconic downtown Chicago property.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/vi-leases-space-in-willis-tower\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-23T13:56:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-05-15T13:02:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/04\/willis-tower.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Evelyn Jozsa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/vi-leases-space-in-willis-tower\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/vi-leases-space-in-willis-tower\/\",\"name\":\"Vi Leases Space in Willis Tower - Commercial Property Executive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/vi-leases-space-in-willis-tower\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/vi-leases-space-in-willis-tower\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/04\/willis-tower.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-23T13:56:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-15T13:02:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7a1fad8f1e02fa4d8f81f7e9ad21736a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/vi-leases-space-in-willis-tower\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/vi-leases-space-in-willis-tower\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/vi-leases-space-in-willis-tower\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/04\/willis-tower.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/04\/willis-tower.png\",\"width\":800,\"height\":620,\"caption\":\"Willis Tower. 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