Hallmark Takes Healthy 257,000-SF Lease

NAPERVILLE, IL-Hallmark Services Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Health Care Service Corp. and headquartered in Aurora, has signed a lease for 256,766 sf at Naperville Woods Office Center, 1000-1100 E. Warrenville Rd. Hallmark does administrative work for insurance companies including BlueCross BlueShield in Illinois, New Mexico and Texas. The firm will be moving its headquarters to the new location in addition to a call center, says Andrea Van Gelder, principal with Staubach Co. The term of the lease is 15 years, Van Gelder says.

Van Gelder, Diana Riekse, Michael Sessa and Jock Howland, all with Staubach Co., represented Hallmark Services in the lease transaction. Brian Whiting, with JF McKinney & Associates, represented building ownership, which is a joint venture between Chicago-based M&J Wilkow and Minnetonka, MN-based Cargill Financial Services. The company is currently occupying approximately 100,000 sf at 75 Executive Dr. in Aurora.

Hallmark is already leasing 52,000 sf on a temporary basis, which will be part of the 256,766 sf, and will move into the new space by the end of the year, Van Gelder says. The buildings, formerly occupied by Lucent Technologies Inc., had dual fiber-optics feeds, which was one of the reasons Hallmark chose the location in addition to “large efficient floor plates that are nearly 70,000 sf,” Van Gelder says. Hallmark will have its call center at 1100 E. Warrenville Rd. and will have office space and training rooms at 1000 E. Warrenville Rd. A covered walkway will connect the two buildings, she says.