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Bell Works in the News
Two new entertainment venues open at Bell Works in Hoffman Estates
6/6/25
CAC’s Root Beer Float Run
5/28/2025
Around Town visits Game Night Out
WGN9
5/19/2025
22Q3
Chicago Suburban Office
5/5/2025
Firm behind ‘Severance’ redevelopment lures national homebuilder to suburban Chicago
Homes.com
4/1/2025
Chicago Suburban Multifamily Is Hot. Could Rising Costs Put Out The Fire?
Bisnow
3/7/2025
The Modern Food Court: How Illinois Malls Are Adapting
Kick 97.9 FM
4/1/2025
Townhomes at Bell Works Chicagoland Break Ground
4/3/2025
Bell Market dining hall to debut at Bell Works Chicagoland this summer
4/2/2025
Bell Works Chicagoland celebrates groundbreaking of 164 townhomes in Hoffman Estates
4/2/2025
This Week’s Chicago Deal Sheet: Private Investor Picks Up Trio Of Rogers Park Apartments
4/1/2025
New dining concept arriving this summer at Bell Works in Hoffman Estates
4/1/2025
Construction begins on 164 high-end townhouses at Bell Works in Hoffman Estates
3/26/2025
Game Night Out to open second location in Hoffman Estates
Shaw Local
3/3/2025
Bell Works Chicagoland Adds to Tenant Roster with Office, Retail Leases
2/26/2025
The Biz Week That Was: Bell Works signs new tenants, housewares show, and another data center
2/22/2025
Bell Works in Hoffman Estates adds new tenants, existing firm expands.
2/17/2025
Seven new businesses, one office space expansion continues momentum at Bell Works Chicagoland
2/12/2025
New Tenants Sign Office, Retail Leases Totaling 73,500 SF at Bell Works Chicagoland
2/12/2025
Office lease boosts Inspired by Somerset’s “metroburb” plans
1/28/2025
Bell Works Chicagoland named Hoffman Estates Chamber’s Business of the Year
1/27/2025
At AT&T’s former campus, now Bell Works Chicagoland, another leasing win
1/27/2025
Chicagoland Diwali 2024
1/9/2025
Bell Works ‘Metroburb’ leads renaissance of repurposing abandoned corporate HQ sites
1/12/2025
Second annual Diwali celebration to be at Bell Works in Hoffman Estates Sunday
10/14/2024
Chicagoland Diwali returning to Hoffman Estates
9/23/2024
Construction of 164 townhouses about to start at Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates
7/22/2024
Krishnamoorthi secures $500,000 in grants for roads near Hoffman Estates’ Bell Works development
7/16/2024
Colliers offers few signs of hope for Chicago suburban office market
7/15/2024
Inspired by Somerset lures trio of tenants to former AT&T campus
6/28/2024
Developer reviving former AT&T campus lands new largest tenant
6/28/2024
Small Towns Join Cities in Stepping Up Efforts To Lure Retailers
6/16/2024
This Week’s Chicago Deal Sheet
3/26/2024
‘A game changer’: Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates ready to add homes
1/28/2024
“Survive until ’25?” At Chicago Forecast conference it’s “Do more in ‘24”
1/24/2024
Bell Works Celebrated Successful 2023
1/18/2024
Hoffman Estates Chamber to honor top businesses, volunteers at awards gala Jan. 18
1/14/2024
Fast Company Innovation by Design
08-22-23
NATE BERG
NAIOP Chicago 36th Annual Awards for Excellence
11/9/2023
NJBIZ
Chicago will lead office-to-apartment flips, report says
Axios
8/15/2023
By Sami Sparber
Office Complex
Chicago Magazine
8/8/2023
By Robert Reed
New Tenants to Open at Bell Works Chicagoland
REBusiness Online
8/4/2023
By REBusiness Online
Bell Works Chicagoland bucks market headwinds, inks more than 80,000 square feet of leases
RE-Journals
8/3/2023
By RE-Journals
Cambium Networks to Relocate HQ to Bell Works Chicagoland
ConnectCRE
8/3/2023
By Jasmine Kilman
New office tenants claim more office space at Bell Works in Hoffman Estates this summer
Daily Herald
8/3/2023
By Daily Herald
Inspired by Somerset scores Cambium’s suburban office lease
The Real Deal
8/2/2023
By TRD Staff
Former AT&T campus lands an HQ
Crain's Chicago Business
8/1/2023
By Danny Ecker
Booming ‘burbs: Cook and collar counties make Top 20 for economic development
Daily Herald
7/7/2023
By Alicia Fabbre
Fairgrounds World’s Fair is Fueling a ‘Metroburb’ in Chicagoland
Daily Coffee News
6/30/23
By Nick Brown
Vipar Heavy Duty to move company headquarters to Bell Works Chicagoland
Fleet Equipment
6/22/23
By Tess Lovrak
Fairgrounds World’s Fair Opens at Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates
REBusiness
6/13/23
By REBusiness Staff
Bell Works Chicagoland Debuts First Food Tenant
ConnectCRE
6/12/23
By: Jasmine Kilman
Hoffman Estates named Municipality of the Year by Illinois Real Estate Journal
Daily Herald
6/9/2023
By Daily Herald Staff
VIPAR Inks 10,074 SF Office Lease at Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates
REBusiness
6/9/2023
By REBusiness Staff
VIPAR Heavy Duty Moving Headquarters
AMN
6/1/2023
By aftermarketNews Staff
VIPAR Heavy Duty moving corporate headquarters
Truck Parts and Service
6/1/2023
By TRUCKS, PARTS, SERVICE ™ Staff (TPS)
World’s Fair by Fairgrounds cafe opening at Bell Works in Hoffman Estates June 8
Daily Herald
5/25/2023
By Daily Herald
Fairgrounds Craft Coffee and Tea Expands with World’s Fair by Fairgrounds
Chicago Food
5/19/2023
By Chicago Food Magazine
Some new offices are mini towns with their own restaurants, doctor offices, and hotels. Workers actually want to go.
Business Insider
4/13/2023
By Alex Nicoll
There’s been interest in redeveloping former Sears HQ, Hoffman Estates trustees say
Daily Herald
3/6/2023
By Eric Peterson
Long-awaited townhouses coming to Bell Works in Hoffman Estates
RE Journals
2/17/2023
By Mia Goulart
Hoffman Estates project reaches for a Lincoln Park vibe
Chicago Sun
2/13/2023
By David Roeder
Mega money for large development ‘megasites’; progress on former AT&T campus
The Daily Herald, BizWeek
02/12/2023
By Daily Herald Staff
Ralph Zucker-Led Developer Approved For AT&T Campus Overhaul
The Real Deal Chicago
02/09/2023
By TRD Staff
164 high-end townhouses coming to Bell Works in Hoffman Estates
Daily Herald
02/07/2023
By Eric Peterson
Housing OK’d for revamp of old AT&T campus
Crain's Chicago Business
02/07/2023
By Dennis Rodkin
[Video] The Leading Edge with npz studio+
Design TV by Sandow
02/02/2023
By Design TV by Sandow Staff
Interior Design’s 2022 Best of Year Award Winners
Interior Design
12/09/2022
By Interior Design Magazine
Interior Design Magazine: Best in Design 2022
Interior Design Magazine
09/14/22
By Interior Design Magazine
Bell Works Chicagoland Welcomes Club Colors as Latest and Largest Office Tenant
What Now Chicago
7/18/2022
By What Now Chicago
Mixed-Use Building Boom
CCIM
7/28/2022
By CCIM Staff
Club Colors Announces Relocation and Expansion of Corporate Headquarters
Promo Marketing Magazine
7/26/2022
By Promo Marketing Magazine Staff
Your 2022 Illinois Real Estate Journal Award Winners announced:
RE Journals
7/20/2022
By RE Journal Staff
Club Colors Signs 52,056 SF Office Lease at Bell Works Chicagoland
REBusiness
7/15/2022
By Kristin Hiller
Bell Works Chicagoland has ‘strong pipeline of leasing opportunities’
Chicago Business Journal
7/13/2022
By Wendell Hutson
Bell Works Chicagoland Signs Largest Office Tenant to Date
Connect CRE
7/13/2022
By: Paul Bubny
Bell Works Chicagoland Welcomes Club Colors as Latest and Largest Office Tenant
Real Estate Weekly
7/13/2022
By REW
Bell Works Chicagoland, the former AT&T campus in Hoffman Estates, lands largest tenant yet: Club Colors
Chicago Tribune
07/12/2022
By Brian J. Rogal
Developers try new tacks to rescue suburban corporate paradises
Chicago Sun Times
7/11/2022
By David Roeder
Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea expanding at Bell Works in Hoffman Estates
Daily Herald
7/7/2022
By Eric Peterson
Hoffman Estates approves another spec industrial building near Bell Works
Daily Herald
5/12/2022
By Eric Peterson
Building the Corporate Menace of Severance Saarinen’s impeccable Bell Labs campus conveys the terror of utopian office design.
Curbed
05/06/22
By Diana Budds
Kinema Fitness Opens 31,680 SF FitLab at Bell Works Chicagoland
REBusiness
5/4/2022
By REBusiness Staff
Kinema Fitness Opens 31,680 SF FitLab at Bell Works Chicagoland
REBusiness
5/4/2022
By REBusiness Staff
How a Chicago suburb became the ‘data center capital of the Midwest’
Crain's Chicago Business
04/12/22
By Crain's Chicago Business
Chicago Suburbs Are Poised For A Comeback As Post-Pandemic Office Picture Comes Into Focus
Bisnow
4/7/2022
By Bisnow Staff
Iconic Bell Works water tower in Holmdel, NJ, shines bright in support of Ukraine
New Jersey 101.5
3/22/2022
Mike Brant - Townsquare Media
Seven offbeat new businesses that emerged in the suburbs in 2021
Daily Herald
12/27/2021
By Daily Herald Staff
How corn dogs made Glenview TikTok famous, plus other offbeat new businesses in the suburbs
Daily Herald
12/23/2021
By Daily Herald Staff
Sears headquarters in Hoffman Estates expected to hit the market in 2022
Daily Herald
12/15/2021
By Eric Peterson
Hoffman Estates: Sears headquarters to be up for sale in 2022
Daily Herald
12/14/2021
By Daily Herald Staff
Commercial Real Estate Power 50
NJBIZ
11/08/2021
By NJ Biz Staff
Covid Acted As A Pivot And Is Bringing New Tech Into The Office World
BisNow
10/26/2021
By BisNow Staff
Another big suburban office campus is being unloaded. Now what?
RE-journals
10/11/2021
By AJ Latrace
Comcast Business completes network expansion at Bell Works Chicagoland mixed-use development
Re-journals
10/7/2021
By REjournals Staff
This Week’s Chicago Deal Sheet
Bisnow
10/5/2021
By Bisnow Chicago Staff
Headline Solar Will Establish Headquarters at Bell Works Chicagoland
Connect CRE
10/04/2021
By: Paul Bubny
State of Suburban Office Conference panels highlight flexibility, flight to quality, and good design
REJournals
9/27/2021
By REJournals Staff
The suburban office park rises from the dead
Fast Company
9/27/2021
By Nate Berg
Dining Bites: National Coffee Day, seasoned spirted dinners & more
Daily Herald
9/24/21
By Caroline Linden
Hoffman Estates: The reinvention capital of Chicago’s northwest suburbs
RE Journals
9/20/21
By RE Journals Staff
Episode 292: Developing Visionary Ideas featuring Ralph Zucker, President of Somerset Development
WOR-710
08/24/2021
By WOR Podcast Crew
Suburbs Back On The Map, But Landlords Have A Lot Of Work To Do
Bisnow
7/27/21
By Bisnow Staff
Here are your 2021 Illinois Real Estate Journal Award Winners
REjournals
7/27/21
By AJ Latrace
Move-outs push suburban office vacancy to another record high
Crain's Chicago Business
7/27/21
By Chicago Business Staff
Fairgrounds Coffee plans two Chicago locations
Chicago Business Journal
7/8/21
By Ben Miller
Platinum Home Mortgage Corp. Joins Tenant Lineup at Bell Works Chicagoland
REBusiness Online
7/8/21
By Kristin Hille
This Week’s Chicago Deal Sheet
Bisnow
7/6/21
By Bisnow Chicago Staff
Home mortgage firm moving from Rolling Meadows to Bell Works in Hoffman Estates
The Daily Journal
07/02/2021
By Eric Peterson
Office complex at former AT&T campus in Hoffman Estates lands first long-term tenant
Chicago Business Journal
7/2/21
By Jim Dallke
Former AT&T Campus Lands Office Tenant
Crain's Chicago Business
7/1/2021
By Crain's Chicago Business Staff
Developer seizes suburban residential boom at former AT&T campus
Crain's Chicago
5/27/21
By Danny Ecker
Developer filing plan for townhouses, apartments at Bell Works in Hoffman Estates
The Daily Herald
5/27/21
By Eric Peterson
Holmdel: Grand Opening of Iorio Plastic Surgery & Medspa, Celebrated With Official Ribbon Cutting.
TAPinto
5/26/2021
By Jeanne Wall
Microsoft data center approved in Hoffman Estates, but power supply questions remain
The Daily Herald
5/19/2021
By Eric Peterson
Bell Works Chicagoland Cuts Ribbon on Co-Working Facility
Somerset Development Opens 15,000 SF Coworking Space at Bell Works Chicagoland
REbusiness
4/20/2021
By Kristin Hiller
Coworking space opens at former AT&T offices in Hoffman Estates
Chicago Business Journal
4/19/2021
By Jim Dallke
Bell Works in Hoffman Estates opens new coworking space
Daily Herald
04/14/2021
By Eric Peterson
Bell Works: How A 1.6M SF Office Campus Became Chicagoland’s Newest ‘Metroburb’
Bisnow
3/2/2021
By BisNow Staff
The People the Suburbs Were Built for Are Gone
VICE
1/21/2021
By Shayla Love
How fast will office market recover from pandemic? It could take years, some say
Daily Herald
1/2/2021
By Eric Peterson
After a rocky 2020, will 2021 bring sustainability to commercial real estate?
Crain's Chicago Business
12/29/2020
By Crain's Chicago Business Staff
A Colab Celebration at Holmdel’s Bell Works: “Retro-Futurism” Meets High-End Design, Creates Modern Flexible Work Space.
TAPinto
12/8/2020
12/8/2020
ROI Influencers: Real Estate 2020
ROI NJ
11/18/2020
By ROI-NJ Staff
Two Tenants Sign Leases at Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates
REBusiness
11/4/2020
By Kristin Hiller
Somerset Signs First Tenants at Bell Works Chicagoland
Connect Media
11/03/2020
By Connect Media Staff
Somerset Development inks first office, retail leases at Bell Works Chicagoland project
RE NJ
11/3/2020
By Joshua Burd
Somerset Development announces first leases at Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates
ReJournals
11/03/2020
By ReJournals Staff
Accounting firm, coffee vendor the first tenants of Hoffman Estates ‘Metroburb’
Daily Herald
10/29/2020
By Eric Peterson
Bruce Springsteen post-pandemic plans now include Jersey Freeze plus wild party
app
10/12/2020
By Chris Jordan
Minding Your Business: Episode 4
New Jersey Business & Industry Association
9/26/2020
By NJBIA Staff
Back at Bell Works! Holmdel Chamber of Commerce, TUES. 9/29, 9AM, Video Podcast Featuring Award Winning Designer Paola Zamudio
TAPinto
9/26/2020
By Jeanne Wall
Placemaking Requires More Than Cosmetic Changes
Bisnow Chicago
08/18/2020
By Bisnow Chicago Staff
Reimagining the Urban Office
Harvard Business Review
8/14/2020
By Peter Bacevice , John Mack , Pantea Tehrani and Mat Triebner
Suburban office market vacancy rate nudges up
The Real Deal Chicago
7/21/2020
By TRD Staff
The Real Deal Chicago, The suburban office market is making a comeback, 7/7
The Real Deal Chicago
07/07/2020
By TRD Staff
Crain’s Chicago, How COVID is creating opportunity in the burbs, 7/2
Chicago Business
07/02/2020
By Chicago Business Staff
The Daily Herald, ‘They want the vibe’: Tenants who could move in by September touring Hoffman Estates ‘metroburb’, 6/17
Daily Herald
6/17/2020
By Eric Peterson
Bisnow, Do the Suburbs Have A Running Start On Responding to Coronoavirus?, 6/4
Bisnow
06/04/2020
By Bisnow Chicago Staff
Recap of Bisnow’s Chicago Deep Dish: Suburbs Webinar
Bisnow
06/2/2020
By Bisnow Chicago Staff