Pritzker said the new owners will keep the building intact and develop executive offices, retail, and hotel space. He said they will move forward on a “public-private partnership.” Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Ah so they found a schmuck, a sucker to actually buy this lemon. And they found them in the midst of a time when office buildings are quickly becoming obsolete. I smell some big political favors being handed to the idiots who would buy this building. I’m sure they are buying influence instead, the building is just superfluous.
Yea OK! Where will all the money we’re saving. I think Illinois has a difficult time measuring or identifying savings against throwing money away! We’re all supposed to celebrate them doing their job! I’m also suspicious of public/private partnerships usually opaque.