{"id":1004127297,"date":"2015-09-11T07:19:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T15:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=360691"},"modified":"2020-04-12T20:13:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T04:13:17","slug":"sprint-doubles-down-in-chicago-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sprint-doubles-down-in-chicago-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprint Doubles Down in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Ioana Neamt, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_360694\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 160px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/chicagopressrelease3_hero_high.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-360694\" title=\"Mayor Rahm Emanuel at the Spring for Chicago launch in March 2015\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/chicagopressrelease3_hero_high.jpg\" alt=\"Mayor Rahm Emanuel at the Spring for Chicago launch in March 2015\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Mayor Rahm Emanuel at the Spring for Chicago launch in March 2015<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Communication services giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sprint.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sprint<\/a> is claiming a bigger share of the Windy City market.<\/p>\n<p>Together with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the company recently announced a major expansion of its Sprint for Chicago initiative, to bring more than 750 new jobs and nearly $150 million in investments to the metro area by the end of 2016. The news follows a previous statement made in March 2015 at the launch of the Sprint for Chicago initiative, when 300 new jobs were announced.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative focuses on improving customer service and the Sprint brand experience, and will double the company\u2019s headcount in the city. Sprint currently employs more than 800 people and operates more than 160 stores in the Chicago metro area. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagobusiness.com\/article\/20150331\/BLOGS11\/150339961\/sprint-plans-major-chicago-expansion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Crain\u2019s Chicago Business<\/a>, Sprint plans to open 115 new stores across the metro\u2014including 46 in the city of Chicago\u2014by the end of 2016, in an effort to win back market share from competitors T-Mobile, AT&amp;T and Verizon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSprint is doubling down on its commitment to Chicago by adding over one thousand jobs to our city\u2019s economy and further investing in the infrastructure that is bringing both the jobs and the technology to power Chicago\u2019s neighborhoods and communities for the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century,\u201d Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The 750 new jobs announced at the beginning of September will include new retail positions, wireless experts for Sprint\u2019s Direct 2 You program, as well as network technicians and engineering positions. Chicago will be the first Sprint city to be upgraded to a faster network and benefit from new LTE Advanced technologies.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Mayor\u2019s press office, new cell sites will be added in the areas around Rush University Medical Center, Garfield Park, and along CTA subway routes. This initiative is part of the Mayor\u2019s plan to upgrade the subway\u2019s wireless network to 4G.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Sprint<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sprint for Chicago plans to add more than 1,000 new jobs and nearly $150 million in investments to Chicagoland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491,21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004127297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chicago","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sprint Doubles Down in Chicago - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sprint-doubles-down-in-chicago-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sprint Doubles Down in Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sprint for Chicago plans to add more than 1,000 new jobs and nearly $150 million in investments to Chicagoland.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sprint-doubles-down-in-chicago-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-11T15:19:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-13T04:13:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/chicagopressrelease3_hero_high.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ioana Neamt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sprint-doubles-down-in-chicago-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sprint-doubles-down-in-chicago-2\/\",\"name\":\"Sprint Doubles Down in Chicago - 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