Construction Firm Moves HQ to Chicago

CHICAGO-Swayed by its location and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s push for public-private partnership projects, Clayco Inc. is moving its corporate headquarters from St. Louis to the Windy City.

The construction company currently employs approximately 1,000 workers, with 280 employees in its Chicago office and in the field. Clayco expects to nearly double its Chicago workforce in the next few years by adding new architects, designers and project managers; expanding its concrete and infrastructure business in Illinois; and continuing growth through acquisition, the company stated. The new headquarters will be located in more than 30,000 sf on the 13th and 27th floors at the 35 E. Wacker building, known as the Jewelers Building. The company has relocated all of its Oakbrook Terrace employees downtown but plans to keep its St. Louis office intact. Accounting and IT departments will remain in the St. Louis office and no layoffs will occur as part of the move, company officials add.