Skender Starts Interior Construction of AbelsonTaylor’s New Headquarters in Chicago’s Old Post Office

CHICAGO — Skender has begun interior construction of the new 85,000-square-foot headquarters for AbelsonTaylor in Chicago’s Old Post Office building. AbelsonTaylor, a health and wellness advertising agency, is relocating from its current offices at 33 W. Monroe St. The new space will accommodate private offices, workstations, an open collaboration area and break room. Skender is working in collaboration with HED, Syska Hennessy Group and Cushman & Wakefield to complete the project by March 2020. Skender is the contractor for nearly 500,000 square feet of office space at the Old Post Office project, including buildouts for Walgreens and PepsiCo. Owner and developer 601W Cos. is redeveloping the 2.8 million-square-foot former post office in an $800 million project.