CHK already has employees spread out all over the city and they OWN these buildings; not like these are just temporary lease situations. And they are plowing tons of money into these buildings they are acquiring, completely renovating them floor by floor.

So, if they are already spread from 63rd and Portland to Lincoln and I-44 -- and several places in between -- why not have some employees downtown, too?


I wonder if they regret their entire campus proposition. They are still nowhere close to having enough space for their staff and simply can't build 4-5 story buildings fast enough. They've been under constant construction there for 10 years and are still a long way off. Plus, even if they completely build things out to plan, some of their campus buildings will be a mile apart (literally) and they'll have people in 30 separate buildings.

Compare that to Devon who will soon have everyone all in the same complex and will have accomplished this goal in just a few years. In fact, the new tower was brought about because they had employees in four buildings, all much closer together than the buildings on the current CHK campus.