DeVry University plans 600 jobs for W. Loop office

Downers Grove-based for-profit education provider DeVry Inc. plans to bring 600 jobs over nine years to new offices in the West Loop. DeVry Online Services new South River Plaza offices will house senior executives, admissions and other administrative staff that will primarily provide online services to its flagship institution, DeVry University.

More than 200 employees, the majority of whom were relocated from other Illinois locations, currently work there.Devry has filled 60 new positions and plans to hire an additional 400 "in the coming years."  Construction of the 77,000 square foot offices, for which DeVry is applying to receive LEED gold level certification, also has created 120 temporary construction jobs. "We could have placed these employees anywhere in the country, but we felt the combination of quality talent, resources and office space made Chicago our best choice," Daniel Hamburger, president and chief executive of DeVry Inc., in a statement.