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Old Posted Jan 18, 2018, 12:01 AM
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And don't forget about the entire Pentagon moving to those old Quartermaster Corps buildings on Pershing Road . . .
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Old Posted Jan 18, 2018, 1:43 AM
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^ Only the Pentagon? That wont fill even half the square footage out there!
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Old Posted Jan 24, 2018, 7:11 PM
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Just to get your blood pumping, I'm pretty certain it's gonna be Walgreens. . .
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Old Posted Jan 24, 2018, 7:39 PM
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Just to get your blood pumping, I'm pretty certain it's gonna be Walgreens. . .
Just a feeling, or is this something you heard through the grapevine from someone in the know?
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Old Posted Jan 24, 2018, 7:53 PM
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I think it would help walgreens attract a different crowd of potential workers. Their site now is very suburban and really out of the way unless you are visiting it from ohare directly
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Old Posted Jan 24, 2018, 8:08 PM
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I think it would help walgreens attract a different crowd of potential workers. Their site now is very suburban and really out of the way unless you are visiting it from ohare directly
Definitely. A couple years ago I helped organize a panel for college students of tech/analytical workers from various firms in the area, and the Walgreens guy basically spent half his time explaining how it’s not that bad in the suburbs.
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Old Posted Jan 24, 2018, 9:37 PM
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Yeah my fiancee looked at jobs out there and noped any and all options in the area after the first interview.

Instead she took a new job at 333 W Wacker which is 15 less minutes of walking each way on her commute. She's no die hard urbanist or anything, she just has better things to do with her time than commute and likes having huge dining options for both lunch and after work. The second she saw Deerfield she was like "no thanks", she didn't grow up here and has basically never left the city since she moved here so I think that was a bit of an eye opener to her.

Of course I'll be sure to try to get in her office ASAP to start providing Wolf Point updates!
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Old Posted Jan 24, 2018, 10:56 PM
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@Leftofcenter Grapevine. 100k sq ft at least, which surprised me because I figured they’d need more space than that.
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@Leftofcenter Grapevine. 100k sq ft at least, which surprised me because I figured they’d need more space than that.
Number of workers? Sounds to me like at least 300-400.. My floor in NYC is 125K sq ft and I think we have 500-700 people on it now...
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Old Posted Jan 25, 2018, 4:31 AM
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Number of workers? Sounds to me like at least 300-400.. My floor in NYC is 125K sq ft and I think we have 500-700 people on it now...

My employer has our space fitted out as an open floorplan (no private offices, shared spaces & seating) which accommodates about 900 employees on a 100,000 square feet of space.
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Old Posted Jan 25, 2018, 2:53 PM
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Unfortunately 100k SF of Walgreens doesn't get me excited, that's like 7% of their Deerfield footprint. It's basically one floor of this building.
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Old Posted Jan 25, 2018, 3:21 PM
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My employer has our space fitted out as an open floorplan (no private offices, shared spaces & seating) which accommodates about 900 employees on a 100,000 square feet of space.
Sounds tight. We have an open floor plan too and to my knowledge less people than 900. We are adding another floor or two this year too of similar size.
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Old Posted Jan 25, 2018, 4:12 PM
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@Leftofcenter Grapevine. 100k sq ft at least, which surprised me because I figured they’d need more space than that.
Well then, that's pretty damn exciting! I hope that the move is announced soon. I'm sure Rahm has drilled into the Amazon reps heads about Chicago being the relocation capital of the country. A move like this would add some more heft to that crown.
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Old Posted Jan 25, 2018, 4:17 PM
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Unfortunately 100k SF of Walgreens doesn't get me excited, that's like 7% of their Deerfield footprint. It's basically one floor of this building.
I agree 100k is not much. I had heard they were looking at 2-3 floors. 200-300K SF of space.

We'll have to wait and see.
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Old Posted Jan 25, 2018, 4:30 PM
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^ It could be the executive headquarters, though. Although I would still like to see more jobs than that.
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IF Walgreen's really does relocate to downtown, what major HQs are left in the burbs?
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IF Walgreen's really does relocate to downtown, what major HQs are left in the burbs?
Allstate, Baxter, Abbot, Abbvie are a few that come to mind.
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Old Posted Jan 25, 2018, 4:50 PM
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^ It could be the executive headquarters, though. Although I would still like to see more jobs than that.
Could be. I'd rather have the workers that take up 200-300K sf of office than a 100K SF HQ though.
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Allstate, Baxter, Abbot, Abbvie are a few that come to mind.
Mondolez, Discover, Takeda (All Walgreen neighbors)
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Discover would be a great candidate to move to the city. All the major financial companies in Chicago are in the Loop, to be near the CME/CBOE and to each other to share the employee pool. TransUnion, BMO/Harris, Northern Trust, OCC, etc.
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