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Motorola Solutions Moving Back Downtown

CHICAGO—The Schaumburg firm left in 1976, but now believes that to recruit the young workers it needs, a Chicago location is essential.

By Brian J. Rogal | Updated on September 15, 2015

CHICAGO—Motorola Solutions has decided to join the growing number of corporations that have traded their suburban headquarters for the convenience of a downtown tower. The global communications giant will soon occupy 150,000 square feet of space on six floors at 500 W. Monroe St., and bring about 800 jobs from Schaumburg to Chicago, a city it left nearly forty years ago.

“This location will help us attract talent that is critical to the Motorola Solutions of tomorrow,” Greg Brown, chairman and chief executive officer, said at a press conference held yesterday in the West Loop building. He was joined by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

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