The new location encompasses five floors, or 80% of the50,000-sf building that formerly housed Lind-Waldock & Co., afutures brokerage firm that was acquired by Refco Group Ltd. Themove not only consolidates Hull House into a single location, butalso brings it back to its beginnings while saving occupancy costsin comparison with comparable rental space.

The non-profit enlisted the local office of Studley to searchfor consolidated space and, ideally, move closer to the originalHull House settlement, which was founded at Polk and Halsted in theNear West Side in 1889 by Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams.

The Studley team was headed by Tiffany Winne, managing director,and John Goodman, EVP. Winne tells GlobeSt.com, "the formerLind-Waldock space was vacant. It wasn't on the market, and weapproached the owner about an option to purchase, which would giveHull House equity and the opportunity to get into a great buildingin beautifully appointed space that it would not have been able toafford as a rental."