Mayor Compass KickoffThe Village of Hoffman Estates partnered with ComEd to welcome Compass Datacenters to Hoffman Estates, as they held a kickoff event on June 13 for their first data center campus in Illinois. Among his remarks, Mayor Bill McLeod said that the Village is looking forward to working closely with Compass and with ComEd to bringing this prime site, the former Sears Headquarters, into the modern era.
The former Sears Corporation Campus in Hoffman Estates became home to the company in 1992 when they moved from their namesake Sears Tower in downtown Chicago. That original development over 30 years ago transformed the west end of Hoffman Estates, bringing new roads, new tollway interchanges, infrastructure improvements, and a peak of 9,000 employees working in the community.
The campus was put up for sale in 2022 by property owner Transformco, the private holding company formed after Sears filed for bankruptcy in late 2018. Dallas, Texas based Compass Datacenters purchased the 197-acre campus in September 2023 with plans to construct the company’s first datacenter complex in the state of Illinois.
“One era ends and another one begins as we move into the growing digital economy,” said Mayor McLeod. “We are very pleased to welcome Compass Datacenters as they open a new chapter for this high-profile property in our community. “
This redevelopment continues the technology diversification the Village’s tax base. Although still preliminary, the investment by Compass in Hoffman Estates will be in the billions of dollars and will have positive effects for the community for years to come.
