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    Google will be new occupant of Chicago's iconic, controversial James R. Thompson Center

    by Dan Petrella, Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune Jul 27, 2022 4 minutes
    People walk outside the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago's Loop on Dec. 15, 2021.

    CHICAGO — Google has agreed to buy the soon-to-be-renovated James R. Thompson Center in heart of the Loop, a victory for Chicago’s central business district and for Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker as he seeks reelection and fends off criticism over recent high-profile corporate departures.

    Under the Google deal, announced at a Wednesday morning news conference in the soaring atrium of the Helmut Jahn-designed building, the state will be paid $30 million in cash and get the title to the former BMO Harris Bank headquarters at 115 S. LaSalle Street, valued at $75 million, which will become a state office building.

    It is an updated version of a previously announced agreement to sell

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