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Wacker Drive Lobby Reopens as Willis Tower Transforms
EQ Office reopened Willis Tower’s Wacker Drive lobby, featuring a new, permanent art installation from artist Jacob Hashimoto. The Blackstone-owned EQ Office says the lobby has been transformed into an open, light-filled entryway, as part of the 46-year-old tower’s $500-million-plus transformation.
“Office lobbies have historically been simply transitional spaces, and as tenant desires for workspaces have evolved, the purpose of the lobby has evolved as well,” said David Moore, SVP at EQ Office. “We are transforming the Willis Tower lobbies to be interactive, energized spaces.”
The lobby’s focal point is “In the Heart of this Infinite Particle of Galactic Dust, 2019,” a Hashimoto sculpture featuring a nearly 16-foot tall and 42-foot wide cloud built from nearly 7,000 individual kite-like disks. Moore said the sculpture would be “a treasure for our building, a celebration of the city and an embrace of the new neighborhood we’ve built at the tower.”
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