SECOND TIME IS A CHARM

摘要

It was early September 2001, and Chicago developer John Buck had just put the finishing touches on one of the most successful speculative office projects in his firm's 20-year history. The 1.3 million-sf, 50-story UBS Tower at One N. Wacker Dr., with its superb location in Chicago's West Loop, efficient floor plates, and high-end amenities, sold out in months (well before project completion), attracting major companies like PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Swiss Bank UBS, the building's anchor tenant. Word on the success of the project had already hit the real estate investment market, and potential buyers were knocking on Buck's door.