Upgrades to the popular 103-floor “Skydeck Chicago” were also mentioned. On Wednesday, Blackstone and partner Equity Office plan to flesh-out the details of the renovations and present never ...

During these formative stages the Blackstone ... on the second floor, the one with the stage, Darlene Blackburn, an accomplished black dancer of considerable reputation in Chicago, gives creative ...

The hotel is named for Connecticut-born Timothy Blackstone, who was president of the Chicago & Alton Railroad ... an ornamental balcony above the 15th floor. This likely was also when the original ...

Blackstone has ... for visitors to Chicago.” Those futher improvements, at an estimated cost of $150M, will focus on the tower's retail portion and its 103rd floor observation deck, which ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The private equity firm Blackstone Group plans to buy the iconic Chicago ... tourist attraction in the Skydeck on the 103rd floor, which attracts 1.6 million visitors per year.

It would also shatter the Chicago ... said Blackstone plans to invest heavily in the retail portion of the nation’s second-tallest building and in upgrading its 103rd-floor Skydeck, in hopes ...

The Blackstone Group ... space provider Convene plans to open a 55,000-square-foot location inside, along with another one down the street at the Citadel Center. [Chicago Tribune] — John ...

Blackstone Inc. began talks with its lenders about options on a maturing $309.8 million senior loan on a 1.3 million–square–foot office complex in the River North section of Chicago ...

Blackstone Group's massive renovation of Willis Tower is on track to be much more expensive than the private-equity firm initially planned, and it has borrowed another $305 million against the ...