- Digital and IT operations employees supporting the Walgreens business, as well as some Walgreens Boots Alliance global IT personnel, will be located in the new office space, Walgreens said in a statement.
- Walgreens president Alex Gourlay said. “The space in the iconic Old Post Office building allows us to attract and retain the best talent from all of Chicagoland.”
Walgreens Boots Alliance will open a new office for 1,800 workers in downtown Chicago’s Old Post Office building next year to house a workforce of technology and digital health employees.
The new 200,000 square-foot office won’t replace the existing headquarters in Chicago’s north suburbs, but it is important to Walgreens future strategy to grow its pharmacy business and increase traffic into its stores.
“Investing in our infrastructure and building our digital and technical capabilities are essential elements of our business transformation strategy, as we work to improve access for our customers and enhance the customer experience,” Walgreens president Alex Gourlay said. “The space in the iconic Old Post Office building allows us to attract and retain the best talent from all of Chicagoland.”
Walgreens employs more than 235,000 across the U.S. and will still have about 3,200 at its headquarters in the northern Chicago suburb of Deerfield. The company expects 1,800 positions to be based at the new downtown Chicago Post Office location, which includes 1,300 relocating from Deerfield and 500 relocating from another office already in Chicago. It is expected to be open by fall of 2019.
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“Digital and IT operations employees supporting the Walgreens business, as well as some Walgreens Boots Alliance global IT personnel, will be located in the new office space,” Walgreens said in a statement. “The space expands the company’s Technology Center of Excellence launched last year that further combines the company’s retail pharmacy technology teams with digital, mobile and e-commerce teams who currently work in the City.”
Date: June 19, 2018