Co - working company Spaces will lease the former Sports Authority building at LaSalle Drive , Chicago , providing office space , a barista - style restaurant and a roof deck . The building will become a co-working space; the handprints of famous athletes could remain.(Stacey Westcott / Chicago Tribune) The IWG brand will open its first two facilities in Chicago in the Lincoln Corridor on 31 March and Fulton Market district on 2 April , with plans for further expansion over the next two years . There was almost 1 million square feet of co - working space in Chicago in 2017 , with a predicted rise to 2.6 million square feet by the end of this year , according to Newmark Knight Frank and Chicago Creative Space .
Co - working company Spaces will lease the former Sports Authority building at LaSalle Drive , Chicago , providing office space , a barista - style restaurant and a roof deck . The IWG brand will open its first two facilities in Chicago in the Lincoln Corridor on 31 March and Fulton Market district on 2 April , with plans for further expansion over the next two years . There was almost 1 million square feet of co - working space in Chicago in 2017 , with a predicted rise to 2.6 million square feet by the end of this year , according to Newmark Knight Frank and Chicago Creative Space .