After a name change and sale of its namesake university this year, the for-profit college chain formerly known as DeVry Education Group also has a new headquarters in Chicago.
Adtalem Global Education last week moved more than 150 employees to a 44-story office tower downtown from the company’s previous base in west suburban Downers Grove, the company said. Adtalem is leasing about 32,000 square feet at 500 W. Monroe St., company spokesman Ernie Gibble said.
President and CEO Lisa Wardell and other executives moved downtown, while about 700 employees will remain in a downsized Downers Grove office, Gibble said. Finance, legal, marketing, external relations, regulatory affairs, information technology and human resources workers moved downtown.
It’s the latest example of companies moving their headquarters to Chicago from the suburbs or from other cities.
Some of those moves have been to the same 1.2 million-square-foot building that Adtalem now calls home. The Monroe Street building landed the headquarters of GE Transportation from Erie, Pa., in 2012; GE Healthcare from England in 2016; and Motorola Solutions from Schaumburg in 2016.