Nerds need more room to roam in West Loop

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By: Ryan Ori | June 4, 2015 | Crain's Chicago Business

Chicago nerds are on the move, and they're multiplying fast. The Nerdery, a custom software design and development company, plans to add about 100 employees in Chicago and is more than doubling its office space in a move within the West Loop. The Bloomington, Minn.-based firm said it signed a long-term lease for 24,500 square feet at 1033 W. Van Buren St., where it will move in November. The firm had seven employees when it arrived here in 2010. Today it has 55, which it calls “Chicago nerds,” said Don Durbin, the Nerdery's Chicago branch director. Amid plans for aggressive hiring, the firm has outgrown... Read More...