Alter Group Fills Up Ex-Google Space

CHICAGO—The exit of a famous anchor tenant is a challenge for any landlord, but the Alter Group seems like it has overcome the loss of Google from its 20 W. Kinzie building in River North. It just signed a lease with WeWork, a global operator of collaborative workspaces, for 105,000 square feet in the 17-story, 385,000 square-foot class A office building.

“WeWork is the ideal tenant to occupy the former Google space,” said Michael J. Alter in a prepared statement. GlobeSt.com will provide more details on the lease and the overall leasing climate in River North next week through an interview with Alter’s Rich Gatto.