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Many High-Tech Players Will Stay in Suburbs

CHICAGO—The employee base of some technology-based firms remains suburban, and many of these will remain in place as they build new facilities to accommodate growth.

By Brian J. Rogal | Updated on September 16, 2015

CHICAGO—On Tuesday Motorola Solutions announced it was leaving the suburbs and headed downtown, largely to help it continue recruiting a young, tech-savvy workforce. But the employee base of some technology-based firms remains suburban, and many of these will remain in place as they build new facilities to accommodate growth.

Renishaw Inc., for example, has hired the Opus Group to develop a two-story, 133,000 square foot office and warehouse facility at Oakview Business Park in suburban West Dundee. The new facility, its new North American headquarters, will replace two existing suburban sites and include 47,000 square feet of warehouse space and 86,000 square feet of offices. It will also house a central IT hub for its North American operations, an open, two-story windowed exhibit hall, and a training and demonstration space for customers.

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