Chicago & Midwest + Greater Chicagoland + Office | March 11, 2021

Amita Health Puts Lisle Headquarters Up for Sublease

Joining the ranks of companies trying to shed office space amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Amita Health is offering its entire 223,000-square-foot Lisle, IL headquarters on the secondary market, Crain’s Chicago Business reported. Illinois’ largest hospital network, Amita relocated to the Navistar campus from Arlington Heights in 2018.

The listing being handled by CBRE marks the largest block of available sublease space in the suburbs, exceeding credit reporting agency Experian’s nearly 178,000-square-foot offering in Schaumburg, Crain’s reported. It also highlights the magnitude of the challenge facing office landlords as a full year of remote work environments pushes companies to rethink their workspace needs.

Amita’s action followed a survey of its nonclinical workers during the pandemic. The survey found that “many based at our Lisle system headquarters preferred working remotely and were able to do so without interruption,” an Amita spokeswoman told Crain’s.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 13-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 15-20 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).