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ECS HIRES TWO KEY MANAGERS
ECS Corp., headquartered in Broadview, Illinois, has hired Tony DiLegge as Operations manager and Cathy Hayat as Marketing manager. DiLegge joins ECS with experience including working for Adams Elevator Equipment Co., most recently as senior support specialist. He then served as district buyer for thyssenkrupp, before being transferred to a service operations role in downtown Chicago. He holds an associate's degree in Applied Science in Electronics from DeVry University. Hayat rejoins ECS with a sales and marketing background that includes handling international sales for Adams, customer relations for Formula Systems and marketing for ECS. She left the industry in 2011 to further her marketing career. She has a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA from Northern Illinois University.
DUELING PLANS FOR REPLACING CHICAGO’S THOMPSON CENTER
There are dueling plans in Chicago to replace the state-owned, Helmut Jahn-designed James R. Thompson Center at the Loop, one of which involves preserving the center and adding a 1,340-ft.-tall residential/hotel tower, and the other involving demolishing it to make way for a 1,700-ft.-tall mixed-use building designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture that would be the tallest in Chicago, surpassing the 1,450-ft.-tall Willis Tower, the Chicago Tribune reports. Built 32 years ago, the Thompson Center, with its distinct soaring atrium, serves as a state office building and transportation hub. State officials will decide what to do with the property, which could be sold to an outside developer.
REDEVELOPMENT OF L.A. TIMES COMPLEX INCLUDES TOWERS
Plans for redevelopment of the L.A. Times headquarters in downtown Los Angeles includes building multiple towers, The Architect's Newspaper reports. The plan includes 37- and 53-story residential towers designed by L.A.-based AC Martin and developed by Canadian company Omni Group. Tribune Media Co. is also planning to build a 30-story, mixed-use tower designed by Gensler connected to the existing L.A. Times building by indoor and outdoor retail. The original Art Deco Times headquarters would be preserved, while a 1970s addition designed by William Pereira would be demolished.
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