Gov. J.B. Pritzker consulted Google and decided to search no further in a quest to rid the state of a financial drag that is the Thompson Center. In a reboot of plans to save the state’s former Chicago office hub, he said Google will buy the building in a deal that benefits taxpayers and the downtown office market.
The search engine giant, with 2,000 employees in Chicago, will occupy the entire building. The state, working out terms with developer Michael Reschke, will sell it to Google for $105 million.
