Caterpillar, new global Headquarters in Chicago

Caterpillar Inc. has announced that its new global headquarters will be located in Deerfield, Illinois, a northern Chicago suburb.

The new headquarter is approximately a 20-minute drive to O’hare airport and convenient to the city of Chicago via commuter train, which will be more accessible to the global customers, dealers and employees.

Caterpillar reached a multi-year leasing agreement with Corporate 500 office park, and expects to relocate about 100 employees this year, with about 300 people in the new location when fully operational in mid-2018.

Harriet Rosenthal, Mayor of Deerfield said proudly “We are please that Caterpillar selected our community as the location for its new global headquarters. Caterpillar joins several other well-known national and international companies who enjoy the amenities and ease of access to transportation that Deerfield has to offer”

The transition from Peoria to the new global headquarter will start later this year, as the vast majority of the employees currently in the Peoria area will not be relocating to the new headquarter, Caterpillar who has actually over 12,000 employees in central Illinois, will continue thus the philanthropic support and civic involvement.