The huge Sears campus anchored a community on the west side of Chicago for nearly 70 years, and then they built an HQ2 with a fancy downtown tower (the world's

The huge Sears campus anchored a community on the west side of Chicago for nearly 70 years, and then they built an HQ2 with a fancy downtown tower (the world's tallest building) in the early 1970s. Having two campuses really cost them a lot of mojo, and by the early 1990s they reconsolidated into a new campus in the far-flung exurbs. It didn't save them and shall now be their final resting place. It's a good thing other large companies have learned from this and will not be repeating their mistake.