Livingston International To Establish U.S. Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois
03/09/2015
By the end of 2015, Livingston expects to add 75 employees at its new Chicago office that will be located in the historic Chicago Board of Trade building at 141 West Jackson Boulevard.
Livingston’s new U.S. headquarters will support the continued growth into the U.S. market. The new office will create employment opportunities ranging to all levels and areas of the business. The company chose Chicago for its highly skilled workforce, access to its transportation networks and the diversity of the City’s economy.
“We’ve tripled our revenue and doubled our employees in the U.S. over the last four years,” said CEO Steve Preston. “We are establishing a significant leadership presence in Chicago and expanding our suburban location to support the continued growth of our U.S. and international business. We selected Chicago because it is an international trade hub and it offers a large talent pool in areas strategic to our future.”
Livingston’s global headquarters is in Toronto and the company has a second U.S. office in Itasca, IL, which serves as a national processing center for the company’s air/sea customs brokerage operations.
“Chicago sits at the center of one of the largest trading areas in the world and is a non-stop global gateway to more than 200 international and domestic business centers,” said World Business Chicago President/CEO Jeff Malehorn. “Chicago will provide Livingston with unique access to the world, along with an unmatched talent base to meet its workforce needs.”
“Livingston’s commitment to Chicago as its U.S. headquarters further reinforces the City’s commitment to help Chicago businesses increase their global competitiveness and support local job growth,” said Mayor Rahm Emanuel. "Our goal is to make Chicago a national leader in international trade for the job opportunities it creates for residents all throughout our city. So we welcome growing companies such as Livingston, which encourages small and medium-sized businesses to enter the global arena."
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