Alter Starts Looking to Replace Google

CHICAGO—The presence of Google in buildings just north of the Chicago River has boosted the area’s reputation as a tech hub. But the giant company has decided to vacate the space it rents at 20 W. Kinzie and move into the Fulton Market Cold Storage Building at 1000 W. Fulton St. in the West Loop, and The Alter Group has hired Chicago-based MB Real Estate Services, Inc. to find a replacement for the eventual vacancy of about 150,000-square-feet.

MBRE’s Gary Denenberg, executive vice president/managing director; Mark Buth, executive vice president/managing director; and Kathleen Bertrand, vice president, will lead the leasing efforts for the property.