Selling the Thompson Center is a win for everyone

As the acting director of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services, I lead the catch-all agency charged with everything from managing our state's property and vehicles to our state employee benefits and personnel systems. Under that purview falls the management of the James R. Thompson Center, the state's main office building in Chicago. For months, we've been working cooperatively with the city of Chicago and other major stakeholders refining a plan to divest the state of the property in a manner that maximizes the benefit to the people of Illinois.

The time is right to turn this property into an asset for everyone. Read the entire commentary by Michael Hoffman, acting director of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services.