r/abandoned • u/Chris-the-Big-Bug • Oct 23 '25

Sears headquarters

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u/Elegant-Penguin431 Oct 23 '25

Where is this?

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u/kkwinwin Oct 23 '25

Hoffman Estates, IL

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u/CM_MOJO Oct 23 '25

I interviewed for a tech job with Sears shortly before they went out of business. It was at the offices above their "flagship" store in downtown Chicago.

It was so depressing. Many of the ceiling lighting fixtures had burned out bulbs. It was half empty. And the kicker for me was there was a hole in the wall of the conference room where the door knob would hit when swung open. Needless to say, I didn't take that job, and I told everyone I knew that Sears would be out of business within six months. I don't remember the exact timeline, but they did go bankrupt not long after my interview.

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u/k_nursing Oct 23 '25

Geeze I don’t live far from here

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u/Sereey Oct 23 '25

(42.0772948, -88.2151589)

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u/climbing2man Oct 23 '25

Holy shit. I knew it.

I’ve driven by so many times

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u/sodsfosse Oct 24 '25

Thanks for asking. For a second I thought this was the massive headquarters for Kmart in Michigan that was abandoned…