{"id":1004377763,"date":"2019-12-20T04:23:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T12:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004377763"},"modified":"2019-12-20T04:40:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T12:40:24","slug":"willis-tower-achieves-leed-platinum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/willis-tower-achieves-leed-platinum\/","title":{"rendered":"Willis Tower Achieves LEED Platinum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004377781\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Willis-Tower.-Image-courtesy-of-EQ-Office.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004377781\" data-attachment-id=\"1004377781\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/willis-tower-achieves-leed-platinum\/willis-tower-image-courtesy-of-eq-office\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Willis-Tower.-Image-courtesy-of-EQ-Office.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,941\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Willis Tower. Image courtesy of EQ Office\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Willis Tower. &lt;i&gt;Image courtesy of EQ Office&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Willis-Tower.-Image-courtesy-of-EQ-Office.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004377781 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Willis-Tower.-Image-courtesy-of-EQ-Office.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Willis-Tower.-Image-courtesy-of-EQ-Office.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Willis-Tower.-Image-courtesy-of-EQ-Office.jpg?resize=255,300 255w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Willis-Tower.-Image-courtesy-of-EQ-Office.jpg?resize=768,903 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004377781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willis Tower. <i>Image courtesy of EQ Office<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chicago\u2019s prominent Willis Tower has earned the LEED Platinum certification, one year after achieving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/willis-towers-sustainable-practices-ensure-leed-gold\/\">certification at the Gold level<\/a>. EQ Office\u2019s building achieved the U.S Green Building Council\u2019s highest LEED certification through enhancements made as part of a major, $500 million redevelopment of the iconic 110-story skyscraper.<\/p>\n<p>The owner is nearing completion of the tower\u2019s capital improvements. The Gensler-designed project, anticipated to wrap up next year, includes significant upgrades to the building\u2019s heating and cooling systems, the replacement of electric water heaters with gas, the introduction of LED lights throughout the property and comprehensive water efficiency measures. In addition to decreasing the asset\u2019s environmental footprint, the redevelopment will add 125,000 square feet of office amenities as well as a 300,000-square-foot retail area at the base.<\/p>\n<h2>Record-breaking sale<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004377784\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Interior-rendering-of-Willis-Towers-retail-base.-Image-courtesy-of-EQ-Office.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004377784\" data-attachment-id=\"1004377784\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/willis-tower-achieves-leed-platinum\/interior-rendering-of-willis-towers-retail-base-image-courtesy-of-eq-office\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Interior-rendering-of-Willis-Towers-retail-base.-Image-courtesy-of-EQ-Office.jpg\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Interior rendering of Willis Tower&#8217;s retail base. Image courtesy of EQ Office\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Interior rendering of Willis Tower&#8217;s retail base. &lt;i&gt;Image courtesy of EQ Office&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Interior-rendering-of-Willis-Towers-retail-base.-Image-courtesy-of-EQ-Office.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004377784 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Interior-rendering-of-Willis-Towers-retail-base.-Image-courtesy-of-EQ-Office.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Interior-rendering-of-Willis-Towers-retail-base.-Image-courtesy-of-EQ-Office.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Interior-rendering-of-Willis-Towers-retail-base.-Image-courtesy-of-EQ-Office.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Interior-rendering-of-Willis-Towers-retail-base.-Image-courtesy-of-EQ-Office.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004377784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interior rendering of Willis Tower&#8217;s retail base. <i>Image courtesy of EQ Office<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p>EQ Office acquired the 3.8 million-square-foot asset from American Landmark Properties in mid-2015 for $1.3 billion, the largest commercial acquisition in the city\u2019s history, according to Yardi Matrix. Deutsche Bank provided slightly more than $1.3 billion in financing at the time of the sale, with some of the proceeds dedicated to major capital improvements, which began in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The 1,450-foot tower, completed in 1973, was the world\u2019s tallest building for close to 25 years, before being overtaken by Kuala Lumpur\u2019s Petronas Twin Towers in 1998. Sears enlisted Skidmore, Owings &amp; Merrill to design the project, which broke ground in 1970. Sears exited the property in 1995. Today, the property\u2019s largest tenant is United Airlines, which signed an agreement in March to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/united-airlines-renews-lease-at-chicagos-willis-tower\/\">extend its lease<\/a> through 2033.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The property owner plans to wrap up $500 million in capital improvements to the country\u2019s second-tallest office building early next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":861,"featured_media":1004377805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491,13,21742,21747,21786],"tags":[36351,32791,43400,33012,32779,33824],"class_list":["post-1004377763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago","category-midwest","category-latest","category-office","category-sustainability","tag-capital-improvement","tag-deutsche-bank","tag-eq-office","tag-gensler","tag-leed","tag-willis-tower"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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