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Bulldozers become a key tool in Chicago’s office market overhaul

Large suburban campuses are cleared for industrial, data center, mixed-use redevelopment as vacancy pressures persist
The site of the former Allstate headquarters in Northbrook, which was cleared in 2023 to make way for new industrial development. (CoStar)
The site of the former Allstate headquarters in Northbrook, which was cleared in 2023 to make way for new industrial development. (CoStar)
CoStar Analytics
May 7, 2026 | 7:03 P.M.

Office demolitions have become a key tool in Chicago’s effort to stabilize a struggling office market, particularly across the suburbs where large, outdated campuses have seen demand fall the most.

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