Probably just my weird first impression when I visited the building.  It’s got 
an open interior with walkways across the 2nd floor.  My other impression was 
it was like a shopping mall.  Or a scene from Star Wars.  But it’s a relatively 
new building and did house R&D types so it should be a good home for Cambium.  
Better than the stupid Bell Labs building in Naperville with all the glass that 
they just demolished.

 

Is Cambium still in the 3800 Golf Rd. building?  I worked for about a year for 
3Com (formerly US Robotics) in Mt. Prospect but I occasionally went to the 
Rolling Meadows building for meetings.  Strange building, I think it was a 
former AT&T building (old AT&T) that went through a major facelift at some 
point.  Sounds like it’s going to be demolished and redeveloped into warehouses 
or a data center?

 

From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF
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Really nice prison...  Is it the place Ken is thinking of?

 

Always good to have engineering and admin in the same place.  

 

From: Ray Savich via AF 

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Subject: Re: [AFMUG] [ External ] Re: New Cambium HQ

 

The move is in progress. We will for sure have videos and we will welcome a 
visit any time.

 

Ray

 

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Of Ken Hohhof
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 1:41 PM
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I was drawing a blank on AT&T HQ in Hoffman Estates and “Bell Works” until I 
realized that’s the former “Ameritech Center” building.  In other words, new 
AT&T, not old AT&T.  I think I’ve been in the building once or twice, probably 
in the late 1990’s when I worked at Westell and the building was new.  I was on 
the DSL standards subcommittee and Tom Starr of Ameritech was the chairperson, 
so likely I was meeting with him.  I remember it as the somewhat weird building 
with the catwalks.  Kind of like a really nice prison.

 

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Of Nate Burke
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 1:20 PM
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Subject: [AFMUG] New Cambium HQ

 

I saw an article in the local paper this morning that Cambium is moving their 
HQ into the Old AT&T HQ (Bell Works) in Hoffman Estates.  It mentioned that 
this will allow them to have both Corporate and Engineering at the same site. 
Hope we get some tours of their new space once it's up and running.  

Excerpt below from 
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240128/business/a-game-changer-bell-works-chicagoland-in-hoffman-estates-ready-to-add-homes/
 (Possibly Paywalled)

 

"wireless infrastructure provider Cambium Networks moving its U.S. headquarters 
from Rolling Meadows to Bell Works. The Motorola spinoff’s 35,000 square feet 
currently under renovation was not only the largest new lease of 2023 at Bell 
Works but takes advantage of a novel opportunity to have its corporate offices 
and engineering labs on the same property.

“Here we’ve married the two,” Zucker said. “They’ve brought both of their uses 
together. The village modified the zoning here to accommodate that.”

The company’s research and development will be conducted in newly equipped 
space on the first floor, with its offices and conference rooms on the fourth.

Cambium Networks Senior Engineer Evan Boyack said there are few facilities that 
could offer the combination of space. The international company has a desire to 
stay in Chicago’s Northwest suburbs because it remains the base of the talent 
pool Motorola attracted there.

Amenities such as the Fairgrounds World’s Fair restaurant and bar were another 
attraction of Bell Works, he added.

“Having these amenities helps bring our engineers back to the office,” Boyack 
said."

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