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 .
Co-working company Spaces will lease the former Sports Authority building at LaSalle Drive, Chicago, providing office space, a barista-style lounge and a roof deck. The IWG brand will open its first two facilities in Chicago in the Clybourn Corridor on 26 March and Fulton Market district on 2 April, with plans for further expansion over the next two years. There was almost two 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.