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06/05/04 :Tampa Bay Business Journal - Bank of America consolidates offices into East Park Center location Corporation prepares new Tampa site: TAMPA -- Bank of America Corp. advertises mortgages with less paperwork, and later this year it will be able to handle those documents within a larger, combined office in the Tampa Bay area.
01/2002 : Grid - Chicago Rocks - Hard: The sons of legendary architect Daniel Burnham found inspiration for the design of Chicago's 1929 Carbide and Carbon Building from the light glistening off a black-and-gold champagne label at a cocktail party - or so the story goes. Nearly 75 years later, the black- granite-and-polished-bronze facade of the building, at 230 North Michigan Avenue, has caught the eye of London-based Hard Rock Café International, which has chosen the 38-story office tower as the future home of its first urban hotel. Resort-style Hard Rock Hotels are located in Las Vegas, Bali, Orlando and Thailand.
1999 : Metropolis - Burnham, Baby, Burnham: The 1894 Reliance Building's steel frame allowed Charles Atwood to use large windows, which radically distinguished the building from its more solid contemporaries. The white terra-cotta facade was inspired by the 1893 Columbian Exposition's vision of a "White City," and it prompted architectural historian William Jordy to exclaim, "How remote this gossamer conception is from the burly Chicago blocks of the preceding decade."
04/08/1996 : Crain's - Rookery restoration veteran to guide Marina City face-lift: John McDonald, who has built a niche renovating and repositioning such historic downtown properties as the Rookery and the Marquette Building, has been named development manager for the $75-million renovation of Marina City.
05/14/1995 : Chicago Tribune - Polishing a Gem: Like any good property manager with a new assignment, John McDonald did some detective work when his company was named agent for the Marquette Building last August. |
