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| Photo from: Crain's Chicago Business |
When Montgomery Ward & Co. opened its massive Catalog House along the Chicago River in 1908, it was at the cutting edge of commerce, with “pickers” on roller skates zipping through the halls to gather merchandise ordered from the retailer's catalogs. More than a century later, the behemoth at 600 W. Chicago Ave. is once again a pathbreaking address in Chicago commerce. Every day, hundreds of employees bicycle to work at Groupon Inc., where they sell all manner of products and services via the Internet. It's just one sign of how the city's burgeoning tech sector is radically transforming the largest downtown office market west of Manhattan. Read More....
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