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Discovery Partners Institute Will Double West Loop Footprint
The University of Illinois Board of Trustees on Thursday approved a lease that will roughly double the amount of space now occupied by the Discovery Partners Institute’s West Loop headquarters. The trustees approved a five-year lease of an additional 22,560 square feet at John Hancock Real Estate’s 200 S. Wacker Dr., adding to the 22,000 square feet DPI occupies there.
The new space will accommodate DPI and growing demand for its educational and workforce-development programs, said Bill Jackson, DPI’s executive director.
“DPI’s tech talent and research and development growth has created the demand for more space,” Jackson said. “This incremental expansion will further our significant economic and workforce development goals for the region as we build toward our permanent home on The 78”—the mixed-use mega-project now under development by Related Midwest.
Leasing managers at 200 S. Wacker are John Hancock’s Christine Choi Moore and John David Strode.
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