Boeing's Chicago HQ a 'ghost town' as
priorities shift
Posted By: NorthernDog, 10/7/2021 8:52:14 AM
SEATTLE - Twenty years ago, just days before the 9/11 attacks on the United States crippled the aerospace industry, Boeing Co (BA.N) moved its headquarters from its historic Seattle manufacturing hub to a stylish downtown Chicago skyscraper. The move was central to Boeing's plan to forge a new identity as a diversified global juggernaut, distancing top executives from the daily operations inside far-flung business units, and getting closer to Wall Street and major customers. Two decades on, in the midst of a fresh crisis shaking the industry, Boeing's corporate hub is in a state of limbo. A new crop of
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No mention that widespread violence and political incompetence make Chicago a poor location. But some fear exiting the city would provoke a firestorm from the powers-that-be.