{"id":1004120517,"date":"2015-06-03T06:11:03","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T14:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004120517"},"modified":"2022-12-06T17:47:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T01:47:19","slug":"avant-signs-lease-with-tishman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/avant-signs-lease-with-tishman\/","title":{"rendered":"A Headquarters Grows in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Keith Loria, Contributing Editor<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/06\/Avant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004120519\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/avant-signs-lease-with-tishman\/avant\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/06\/Avant.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1002,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Avant\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/06\/Avant.jpg?w=1002\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1004120519 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/06\/Avant.jpg\" alt=\"Avant\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/06\/Avant.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/06\/Avant.jpg?resize=300,230 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/06\/Avant.jpg?resize=768,589 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Personal finance company Avant has signed a long-term lease for 78,794 square feet at 222\u00a0N. LaSalle\u00a0in downtown\u00a0Chicago with landlord, Tishman Speyer.<\/p>\n<p>The space will serve as Avant\u2019s new headquarters and keep the growing three-year old company in\u00a0Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a historic Chicago building with great ownership and management and a large 40,000-square-foot floor plate, which is very important to create a very collaborative environment,\u201d Al Goldstein, Avant\u2019s CEO, told <em>Commercial Property Executive<\/em>. \u201cOur culture is all about innovation, talent and collaboration and this space will allow us to foster all of those.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Goldstein, the company currently has 670 employees and plans to up the total to nearly 1,000 by year\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the 26-story office tower totals 938,300 rentable square feet, and offers a full service fitness center, valet parking and panoramic views of the Chicago River.<\/p>\n<p>222 N. LaSalle has achieved LEED Silver certification under the U.S. Green Building Council\u2019s LEED rating system, as well as ENERGY STAR certification.<\/p>\n<p>Tishman Speyer recently completed a number of capital improvements to the building, including creating a 7,200 square-foot, state-of-the-art conference center\/auditorium with capacity for 125, adding an 8,000-square-foot tenant lounge, and adding two restaurants on the main lobby\u2014Prime &amp; Provisions Restaurant and Glazed &amp; Infused Donut Shop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe location is right on the river bordering River North and the Loop, which works ideally for us,\u201d Goldstein added. \u201cRiver North is where a lot of our people live and our Global Operations Center is at 225 W. Randolph.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Avant\u2019s business model is driven by big data and machine-learning algorithms that have transformed the traditional personal loan process into a streamlined, customer-friendly experience. To date,\u00a0more than $1 billion\u00a0in loan originations have been issued through the Avant technology platform, providing funding for more than 200,000 customers.<\/p>\n<p>Avant Credit was represented in the transaction by Brad Serot of CBRE, while Tishman Speyer\u2019s Joe Gordon and Greg Tait represented building ownership.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personal-finance company Avant is staying in the Windy City, thanks to a big downtown lease with Tishman Speyer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":451,"featured_media":1004120519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21784,13,21742,21747],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004120517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brokerage","category-midwest","category-latest","category-office"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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