Flexport, a San Francisco-based, technology-focused freight forwarding agency, has signed a 40,000-square-foot lease at Gr333n, Sterling Bay’s under-construction workplace constructing in Chicago’s Fulton Market. The area ought to accommodate a doubling of the corporate’s Chicago worker base to 300.
In line with a report in Crain’s, the corporate will occupy the 12th flooring of the constructing, situated at 333 N. Inexperienced Road. Sterling Bay just lately introduced that they might additionally transfer into the constructing after promoting their headquarters constructing at 1330 W. Fulton Road. Different tenants dedicated to the constructing embody huge 4 skilled companies firm EY, advert company WPP and co-working agency Convene.
Building is almost full on the 19-story, 555,524-square-foot constructing. Designed by Gensler, Gr333n options 39,203-square-foot flooring plates, a sky deck, a tenant lounge, gaming space, health heart, convention amenities, shuttle service to Ogilvie and Union stations and 35,000 sq. ft of prime retail. The constructing goes up on the location of the previous Coyne Faculty campus, which Sterling Bay acquired in 2016 for $25 million.
Sterling Bay has been the tip of the spear for the transformation of Fulton Market from meat packing district to one of many hottest workplace locations within the nation. They developed the Midwest headquarters for Google and later introduced McDonald’s in from the suburbs. Different initiatives within the space embody the 14-story Hyatt Home Resort and 210 N. Carpenter, a 206,000-square-foot workplace constructing that just lately refinanced for $84 million.
