By: Ryan Ori, Crain’s Chicago Business
A run of big-name companies moving offices from the suburbs to downtown Chicago is a lift for the city, but many of the jilted villages and landlords are refilling the abandoned space, signaling that suburbia still is a valued address for business.
The one-way flow into the city has been accelerating. In just the past month,
Kraft Heinz announced it will move its Kraft Foods Group headquarters to the East Loop from Northfield, while
ConAgra Foods and
Motorola Solutions are in talks to lease chunks of downtown office space big enough for hundreds of employees.
Mead Johnson Nutrition has confirmed it will relocate from Glenview to a West Loop tower now under construction. And
McDonald’s has begun filling a satellite office in River North, 20 miles from its Oak Brook campus.
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