CHICAGO-Westwood College has finalized its move into One N. State St., a consolidation onto one floor at the building from four floors at 17 N. State. The move also allowed the school to use open space, natural light and energy efficiencies to maximize a gain to students.
Westwood is a division of Denver-based Alta College, and provides degree program in business, design, technology, industrial services, justice and health care. Debbie Plemons, campus president at the local campus, tells GlobeSt.com that the firm’s space at 17 N. State was too fragmented. “We had been on part of the second floor, all of the third, part of the fourth and part of the ninth, basically expanding whenever space would open up,” she says.
The company reportedly exited its lease early, and paid a fee, to make the move to 46,552 square feet at One N. State, a 16-story, 680,000-square-foot building in the Central Loop. The building includes ground floor retail stores and restaurants.
Plemons says the college will enjoy new renovations made by owner Stonewater, such as classes arranged along edges for natural light, carpeting for quietness, motion sensors for lights and clustered departments. “Our students can now access areas much more efficiently,” she says. There are about 750 students enrolled at the school, and about 200 enter each semester, in a business not much fazed by the recession, Plemons says. The college has four total campuses in Illinois, and 14 campuses across the country in other states in California, Colorado, Georgia and Virginia.
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