MCSHANE CORP. BREAKS GROUND ON MORI SEIKI U.S.A. HEADQUARTERS

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Chicago-based McShane Corp., as the design/builder, has broken ground on Mori Seiki U.S.A. Inc.’s American corporate headquarters and showroom at the intersection of West Central Road and Huntington Boulevard in Hoffman Estates. The 102,000-square-foot facility is being constructed on a 7.5-acre site within McShane Corp.’s Huntington Woods Corporate Center business park. The headquarters will include a 42,560-square-foot showroom, as well as a 59,000-square-foot two-story office component that will house Mori Seiki’s American headquarters, the Chicago Technical Center, Machining Technology Laboratory and Mori Seiki University. Cornerstone Architects will provide architectural services for the project. Masuo Ishida of Tobi International Corp. represented Mori Seiki Co. in the acquisition of the site; Steve Trapp, John Hauser and Charles Des Rosiers of Cushman & Wakefield represented McShane Corp. in the transaction.