HERE Technologies announced Chicago as the company’s official headquarters for the Americas region. HERE will occupy a newly renovated office space at 100 North Riverside Plaza.  HERE is one of the largest tech companies in Chicago, employing 1,200 staff in Chicago, and the new space has the capacity to grow to 1,400 employees. HERE delivers enterprise-grade location data, analytics and platform services. The company has built one of the world’s largest standard and high-definition (HD) mapping and location platform, which is used across industries to efficiently move goods, people and services. The new Americas headquarter, designed by the architecture firm Gensler, spans more than 275,000 square feet across eights floors and will allow the company to continue to grow. HERE is based in The Netherlands and backed by several investors, including Intel, Audi, BMW, Bosch, Continental, Daimler and Pioneer. The company operates in 55 countries has more than 9,000 employees globally. To learn more about HERE, including our new generation of cloud-based location platform services, visit http://360.here.com and www.here.com.