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Motorola Atrium Building, Schaumburg
UrbanStreet Group's July 2026 concept would adapt the six-story, roughly 360,000-square-foot atrium building and pair it with new residential construction.
Motorola Atrium Building
1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173
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- The six-story atrium building is the last Motorola office structure retained at the former corporate campus.
- It stands within the District at Veridian, a large mixed-use redevelopment of Motorola land.
- A 2026 concept proposes roughly 300 total apartments across the converted building and an adjoining new building.
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Why It Matters
The atrium building is a surviving marker of Schaumburg's era as a major suburban corporate headquarters center. Its scale records the land, labor, and architectural ambitions of Motorola's long presence.
Office-to-housing conversion is technically difficult because deep floor plates, mechanical systems, windows, and circulation were designed for work rather than domestic life. The large atrium may provide daylight and spatial organization that make this building unusually adaptable.
The proposal remains conceptual. Preserving a shell in renderings is not the same as securing approvals, financing, and construction.
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The Last Office Building At Veridian
Most of the former Motorola campus has been cleared or remade as Veridian. The six-story atrium building remains as the principal architectural link to the site's corporate past.
At about 360,000 square feet, it is large enough that reuse could influence the identity of the wider district rather than function as a token remnant.
A Residential Conversion Concept
UrbanStreet Group presented a concept to Schaumburg trustees in July 2026. The atrium conversion and an adjoining new building would together provide roughly 300 apartments.
Interior demolition could begin in fall or winter if the project advances. Detailed review must still establish unit layouts, facade changes, parking, affordability, and the treatment of the atrium.
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Residential conversion concept presented to Schaumburg trustees
The concept retains the atrium building and introduces housing.
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July 22, 2026
Schaumburg’s last Motorola office building gets a housing proposal
UrbanStreet Group proposes apartments inside the six-story atrium building, retaining the last major office remnant of Motorola's former...
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Is the conversion approved?
No. The July 2026 material describes a proposal presented to village trustees; detailed approvals and financing remain ahead.
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Daily Herald: Former Motorola building proposed for residential use
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Current project scope, timing, and reuse rationale.
Village of Schaumburg: Veridian planning context
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Place Snapshot
- Place
- Motorola Atrium Building
- Location
- 1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173
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- Exact
Key Facts
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- Schaumburg, Cook County, Illinois / Chicago metropolitan area
- Location type
- Former corporate office building
- Size
- Approximately 360,000 square feet
- Current status
- Vacant; residential conversion proposed
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