Hickory Farms HQ moving to Chicago
Hickory Farms, the seller of gift packages featuring summer sausage and cheese, is moving its headquarters to Chicago from Ohio as the 65-year-old company looks to add products and hire new employees.
The privately held company today will open a headquarters with 15 relocated employees at 311 S. Wacker Drive in the West Loop, CEO Diane Pearse said.
Hickory Farms is moving the corporate headquarters from Toledo, Ohio, where a smaller office will remain, she said.
The company has leased about 7,300 square feet at 311 S. Wacker, or enough room for about 50 employees, Pearse said. She declined to say how many employees Hickory Farms is expected to have long-term in Chicago, but said the lease includes options to expand as it makes new hires in Chicago.
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Outcome Health plans huge new HQ in River North
Outcome Health is increasing its headquarters space by six times with a nearly 400,000-square-foot office lease in River North, signaling that one of Chicago's fastest-growing companies is keeping its foot on the gas.
The health technology company, formerly known as ContextMedia, has leased almost 400,000 square feet in the former American Medical Association headquarters building at 515 N. State St., according to people familiar with the deal. That is about 70 percent of the space in the 29-story tower at 515 N. State St., which has 664,158 square feet, according to real estate data provider CoStar Group.
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Guaranteed Rate hiring nearly 300 in Chicago this year
Guaranteed Rate, the fast-growing mortgage lender whose name now adorns the Chicago White Sox' ballpark, is leasing more office space and creating 280 new jobs in Chicago this year.
The initiative is designed to give workers wanting to enter the mortgage field a decent-paying start in the business. The jobs, which will pay $50,000 to $75,000 to start, will train employees to become mortgage lenders, working to start in Guaranteed Rate's call center in Chicago.
In an interview, Guaranteed Rate CEO Victor Ciardelli III said he needs to more than double headcount in his company's call center to handle an increase in volume coming from the Internet.
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