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Skender Completes West Loop Expansion for Upwork
Skender, serving as general contractor, recently completed construction on a 34,000-square-foot expansion to Upwork’s current office space in Chicago at 525 W. Van Buren. The existing space in the West Loop was also built out by Skender and completed in December of 2018.
Online freelance marketplace Upwork recently announced its decision to shift to a remote-first model. The Chicago office will act as a collaborative work space for team members in the area.
The enhanced and expanded space will provide a Day 1 occupancy of up to 204 employees with infrastructure to expand to 250 workstations. The larger square footage has allowed Upwork to offer their workforce a solution to coming back into the office while still observing socially distant guidelines.
Skender collaborated with architecture/engineering firm CannonDesign and tenant’s representative Cresa to complete the project.
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