Exploring a Massive Walgreens Headquarters

[@mistierr]

as a walgreens employee, it’s reassuring knowing that the abandoned headquarters is in better shape than some of the stores i’ve worked at!!

[@PleaseDoNotLOL]

Have you seen the the downtown post office? Lmfao $$$

[@krist6687]

Funny I was thinking the same and I am a former employee

[@hisaffliction8thms]

As a former SL I’m so glad they got fed everyday for free I’m sure and had Starbucks, bless their overpaid hypocritical souls. This is the reason we weren’t/ aren’t paid enough by this company.

[@hisaffliction8thms]

@@PleaseDoNotLOLwhat about it? It’s been bought up by a NY firm, being redeveloped and Uber and Ferrara Pan are two of its in wait tenants.

[@xxsheolxx]

As a Walgreens customer, it's reassuring knowing that he is receiving the same amount of customer service as I do when I enter a Walgreens store. XD

[@akimikoking1543]

You should collaborate with this channel called the Proper People! They also explore abandoned buildings all over the world.😊 I’m pretty sure they have explored abandoned buildings in the Midwest as well.

[@Jason-rn4jk]

The proper people aren’t very proper. To each their own.

[@truant6910]

@@Jason-rn4jk they seem pretty proper?

[@gracieg7601]

Weird the lights are still on!

[@benji5777]

@@Jason-rn4jk Not very proper? How so? There some kind of urbex etiquette they routinely break or what.

[@megamanguy]

Yes they should 😎

[@majortwit]

I’d not enter an abandoned elevator, let alone operate one that’s not maintained. Sometimes even fail-safe brakes fail horribly, or the unit stalls between floors, etc. Nobody hears your screams in abandoned places 😢

[@dbfeinstein]

@@majortwit that’s taking a serious chance! It’s an abandoned building and this guy is riding the elevator OMG If he got stuck between floors or the breaks fail he’ll become apart of the building and an elevator with his skeleton remains, no one would hear his screaming!!!

[@Lethgar_Smith]

Walgreens took a really smart business model and threw it away just to chase after the brass ring of "drive-thru pharmacy" Used to be Walgreens were all attached to large grocery store chains inside shopping plazas. The typical customer would come to the shopping center, park, go into Walgreens, get what they need, and then shop for groceries at the grocery store without out having to go back out into traffic and make a separate stop. When they moved out of the plazas and went for stand alone stores so they could have drive-thrus, that allowed the grocery stores to expand their drug and toiletries departments, drawing away their customers.

[@caitlinochs123]

My friend has been in there. He works at the HQ down the street.

[@hughbetcha6922]

This building is a monument to all of the workers that spent countless hours and money of their own to drive to Walgreens Headquarters to help some rich guys get richer. I hope those workers are now at home, safe and productive as I'm sure most of them are.

[@IIVIIJI]

Most of the workers in this building were in IT and from India. Last I heard they moved a lot downtown and others work remote. Walgreens still has other buildings in that area.

[@EpimethiusPSN]

@@IIVIIJI in 2007 Walgreens started replacing ALL its people with people in India. So, it is not surprising that the place sits empty. Kind of shocked that it didn't happen long before this. I worked here for 5 years until 2010 and the plan was to cut our floor from about 30 developers to 5 managers that would only coordinate with people from India. We were told they were going to hire 10 people in India for each employee replaced. I left because I didn't like replacing everyone like this. I also had no desire to become a babysitter and no longer a developer. I loved coding then and I still do today.

[@geerstyresoil3136]

​@@EpimethiusPSNsame thing happened to Allstate a few miles down the road. Sad, all those local people jobs just gone.

[@GS-zc4sk]

So WG sold out Americans.

[@65WKFoster]

I understand the sentiment, but I think it’s important to look at the bigger picture. This building and the work behind it didn’t just make “some guy” richer-it represents an investment that provided thousands of employees with jobs, benefits, and retirement opportunities. Walgreens has created livelihoods for many people, and those contributions have a ripple effect on families and communities. With a mindset focused only on the negatives, it’s easy to overlook the positives that enable so many to thrive. Without businesses like this, many of us would indeed be without opportunities for employment and growth.

[@lidsman2221]

Pretty cool. I was surprised to see that they did not have a mockup store in there. A lot stores like Walgreens and CVS will put in a fake store just to try new things in before rolling it out to the real stores.

[@IIVIIJI]

That's in Lincolnshire. This is just one group of buildings that Walgreens once occupied. They still have others. At one point there were about 10 buildings in that area they were in, including their original headquarters down the road that they are still in.

[@life_art_magick_portrate]

Wouldn't be bad to turned in to apartment complex

[@charleskadletc2431]

That is an AWESOME IDEA, it could be a corporate HQ for my apartment buildings better HQ for all.

[@Terxitos]

The sound of nothingness in a abandoned complex music to my ears

[@pilotgrrl1]

I worked there for 7 months. It was the most boring job I've ever had so i escaped at my earliest opportunity.

[@BLaw707]

Must be in Deerfield, Illinois.

[@Christoph-sd3zi]

I used to work for one of Chicago's biggest general contractors - Walgreens couldn't spend the $ fast enough on the Deerfield campus in the late 90s/early 2000sand constantly had a crew of our company's guys working there especially on the execs offices.

[@operationurbex]

Very clean and power still in. Fresh find! Nice job!

[@NU3V0ssed]

One thing I’ve always wondered about the places that he explores is how do they fall into abandonment

[@majortwit]

Walgreens merged into a new company called Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. about ten years ago.

[@IIVIIJI]

​@@majortwitthey actually acquired this building during that time. Since then they moved a lot of IT downtown and some work remote. They still have other buildings in that area, including the original headquarters down the road.

[@kevinkuenn5733]

​@IIVIIJI I worked in this building 20 years ago, they acquired it a hell of a lot longer ago than that. I can't speak for all the other departments that used to work in there, but my department was outsourced overseas, and I imagine that was the case for most folks who worked in the building. They've been trying to sell the building for over a decade, but no takers apparently.

[@FordMustangFoxbody]

There has to be an executive office suite in their somewhere.

[@IIVIIJI]

It's in a different building. There were about 10 buildings in that area that Walgreen occupied. They still have their original headquarters down the road.

[@skip686]

WinXP, and the computer still on and running, haha.

[@pnkflyd66]

I can’t get my head around the fact that it was still XP and not something more current.

[@gsmith601]

1:46 I would have looked at the receipt on the Dunkin cup for the date, it's still on it

[@superman60201]

This is the culture you are missing out on by working remote.

[@zzoinks]

14:43 they left stewie behind!

[@EpimethiusPSN]

I worked at Walgreens HQ until 2010 but, NOT in this building. I had a Stewie bobble head on top of my cube to help me find it that I left behind. It was, not this one though. Weird coincidence.

[@melvinmelvin2165]

No way you took the elevator wtf

[@LuxuryBeatsMusic]

he's a wallstreet bets degen

[@Bronzesamurai07]

Zombie apocalypse I can hold up I can hold up in that.

[@33-vertebrae]

I was JUST thinking this.

[@kylaporter7206]

it would be so hard to cut off every entrance tho😭

[@danwake4431]

im surprised they didnt lock out the elevators. if someone gets stuck in one and dies, their family will sue anyone and everyone. someone would end up getting stuck with the bill.

[@tylerw7064]

i got an ad for walgreens in the middle of this 😂

[@moparmadman2544]

This reminds me of The Backrooms. Excellent explore, kind of creepy with everything so empty.

[@riffhammeron]

It's incredible how much energy is wasted lighting abandoned/unused buildings

[@ariarose3089]

Keep up the good work, love what you do on your videos ❤ I'm late to this channel, But this is what I love, KZbinrs who explore abandoned buildings. (Its like an adventure for me like I'm actually there too. Sadly, a good portion of youtubers have shifted from exploring abandon things to demon and ritual stuff. (Something I'd rather not watch).

[@Pixycstixs]

Weird how both the Walgreens signs don’t have the W lol

[@RabbitWatchShop]

It’s actually not weird at all. The W alone represents the brand. Someone either intended to use it for a personal decoration, or intended on selling it. You don’t really need the rest of the letters

[@steveoTHEGREAT]

Do you have permission to be here? Bc if there paying to keep the lights on then they def have security so its not fully abandoned

[@c0t0d0s7]

Wrong.

[@soundguydon]

Just disgusting. A huge company with an already usable and nice looking building, deciding to abandon it in favor of a new HQ at the expense of customers.

[@steveoTHEGREAT]

HOW DO YOU FIND THESE PLACES??? They look untouched and thats soooo hard to come by now days. Usually something lasts untill someone cares about it. Once its left teenagers smash everything possible to smash

[@davidwestphal3469]

I believe they moved into the repurposed Old Chicago Post Office on the west side of the loop.

[@homunculusSZN]

Just found this channel yesterday. Wow. Top tier stuff! Please don’t cha stop, as The Cars once said-

[@deltaecotango]

building is closed and they left the lights on?

[@ТІР]

visiting again in 2023

[@LuukeFhrue]

I grew up in blue island right by this place. Always wondered about it

[@handle2101]

Good video.

[@robertmailhos8159]

They left the power on 😮😅

[@nickpatrick1636]

Some times they get left on

[@robertmailhos8159]

@@nickpatrick1636 that is the truth

[@Jason-rn4jk]

Sometimes it turns itself on, electricity feeds off darkness, and sometimes it feeds off itself electricity producing illumination with electricity.

[@robertmailhos8159]

@@Jason-rn4jk okay thanks for the info on this matter young man 👍😎

[@BostonBruinsOWN]

Owner probably wants to make sure the building is okay. During winter heat probably has to be set low so pipes don’t burst.

[@greentroll5234]

How is the power still on

[@CrispeeCrisps15]

Why do all lights work

[@namebrandrobots1248]

All this room and ppl will be sleeping outside tonight..

[@Aroverlord]

Those people you’re white knighting for would trash this place into oblivion and probably still sleep outside of it lol

[@tranzco1173]

Ask Walgreens to let homeless people sleep in their huge multi-million dollar building, see what they say. Homeless people wreck the place. They need real homes, not abandoned corporate offices. Can you imagine the smell, violence, drugs, sex, piss, shit, and overdosed dead people lying around. You would need 100 social workers and 10 cops just to maintain order, so not cheap just stupid.

[@c0t0d0s7]

“Smell, violence, drugs, sex, piss, shit, and overdosed dead people lying around” would make a great name for a band.

[@tatianapereira703]

This looks very creepy

[@dou8letap82]

How is it abandoned if the powers still on? Straight up B&E right here..

[@clearbluesky55]

Windows XP?? 🤔

[@lifequest7453]

Someone suggested the building was abandoned 10 years ago. WIndow XP was the popular operating system then and Linux was just catching up. why so surprised?

[@Lethgar_Smith]

At the end, it literally looks like the security guard just got up and walked out of the room. Im beginning to suspect YOU are the security guard and that was your office. The fact there is no part that show's your approach, no mention of how you avoided the 24/7 security.... I guarded an abandoned office building once and made a very similar video. Didnt claim I didnt work there, I just silently filmed a walk through. Which is what this reminds me of.

[@paulc.7781]

You're already in the building so you shouldn't let a locked door stop you, just kick it in. 😊

[@lifequest7453]

The explorers do not damage or force things open. They video tape and photograph everything that they see and move on. If the explorers began destroying things they would be just as bad as the low lifes that tag and break windows in buildings and would be banned from any building at all. Security would get tough and arrests could lead to jail time. dont start trouble when you dont have any, that is, be responsible and not stupid.

[@joefranks4235]

Is this place in Palatine Illinois? I was working there as a contractor for a very short time. I was brought in to replace people in their IT department on their AS400's. Something I had gone through myself with another employer. I hated it there and left. Walgreens ended their contract with my company shortly thereafter.

[@calvinpryor]

I think it's Deerfield but it also looks like that huge Allstate building in Deerfield (also closed) with the covered walkways between buildings

[@Maverick_Leal_ZX]

Def brings F.E.A.R vibes... I just played that game xD

[@itchymgb2736]

how do u get inside here

[@stevenpiehl6199]

Is this north west of Chicago?

[@dailythenoob]

Gotta take an under door tool with you next time 😁

[@GabrielRendonJuarez]

A what?????

[@lifequest7453]

@@GabrielRendonJuarez Dont do anything that will damage or mess up anything. Videography of buildings is basically a NO TOUCH operation. Once you start messing things up, you are done.

[@hikingvlogs5645]

why did they close this place

[@tranzco1173]

It looks like a gross mall from 1986 and they are on their way to bankruptcy, closed 2000 stores.

[@skeetermcswagger0U812]

'Backrooms' Vibes

[@Matthew-kf5uf]

All that waste!

[@jamescollins6085]

Isn't Walgreens in decline at the moment?

[@gracieg7601]

How many stories is this building? Gosh it’s huge! Amazing! I haven’t seen any bathrooms! Lol I wouldn’t get in thst elevator! Lol crazy the computers still work!

[@coryholliday8473]

It’s almost like Simeon still works in there

[@IIVIIJI]

I think they are 4 stories, not counting the basement, but it's also a group of 3 or 4 connected buildings. The old sign called it something like the Walgreens corporate "campus".

[@tristan583]

This is in Deerfield right

[@handle2101]

Yes

[@A_A_Skates]

Ok

[@scottgreer1951]

Is this in Deerfield Illinois?

[@Barb_Niquette]

@@scottgreer1951 - Yes, on Lake Cook Rd., East of 94/294.

[@scottgreer1951]

@Barb_Niquette we did work there when it was first going up. Between Walgreens, Sears and others you can have bargain clearance sales on corporate headquarters. I think when the economy and safety problems improve, someone will turn them into office parks. Good video!

[@andrewmcgill829]

I wonder why walgreens left this place??

[@joejonas3684]

I live in the area by their HQ, this isn’t their main headquarters which is still in operation right down the street. They had extra office space that they got rid of post COVID because a lot of their employees work from home so they don’t need to pay for all the extra office space

[@richardfleer1905]

This looks like the complex on Lake Cook Road. I've driven past there numerous times. I'm not a bit surprised. SARS 2 really closed everything up for good!!!!

[@kevinkuenn5733]

That building has been closed for over a decade now, Covid had nothing to do with it, if that's what you were even referring to.

[@christopherjohnson4398]

Can I ask why this generation calls every place that is empty abandoned?? Companies move out of buildings all the time.. abandoned would be if they left everything and just left. If I place closes that's not abandoned lol

[@OvertheGarage-wv1wn]

Pretty low budget for a corporate HQ. Must be a regional or divisional HQ.

[@kevinkuenn5733]

It was an extension of the main HQ. Across the street is the main HQ, which is still operational, and is very nice.

[@aztec0112]

Isn't there a video game like this?

[@codyhess5713]

Just a huge waste of space time and money

[@johantrenier1685]

Is this in Northwest Indiana?

[@DuncanBM]

north chicago suberbs, its like 5 mins from me

[@joethefishguy3251]

​@@DuncanBMwhere at?

[@tammygouletschrader8785]

Why did Walgreens move ?

[@decayingmidwest]

Either downsizing or a new facility

[@Chunky246]

Most people still working from home? So many office spaces closing...

[@jeffjay9350]

most of their employees working from home.

[@fuzefpv5766]

There's whole new facility across the street is huge.

[@joejonas3684]

The pandemic was a big part of it. I grew up in the area, they have an enormous campus! When COVID happened and people began working from home they realized they didn’t need certain staff to work in the office anymore. This part of the campus is sort of down the street more from the main headquarters campus so it made sense to downsize and they didn’t really need this part of the campus anymore. The rest of the campus is still very much in use today

[@GOPRepubliklan]

ARE THEY GONNA BLOW IT UP??? ALL THEM GOLD RAILINGS NO WONDER DRUGS ARE SO EXPENSIVE!!!

[@hisaffliction8thms]

At first I thought the cops were just sitting their as a speed trap for the tuners, etc. Now I know why they’re really chilling on the property at 1AM when I’m going grocery shopping 😂

[@GOPRepubliklan]

U SHOULD CALL THE COPS THE SECURITY GUARD HAS OXYCONTIN AT HIS DESK!!!

[@Mike-nice-]

Backrooms

[@lifequest7453]

Well there is NO GOLD in that building. what you were looking at is BRASS, when shined up it looks very rich, but at much less cost. I saw a comment about looking at Proper People vids, and as for photography, I agree, they are very good at it. But be cautious of what you pick up as far a narrations go. They tend to run on with their spiel and actually come up with untru things as they go through the structures. Also, they have a bad habit of opening some doors in some buildings that can be very dangerous and they like to flip/turn switches on and off, even when they know the building is alive with power. Don't get caught doing those dangerous things. KNOW what you are getting into and KNOW what you are touching. If you dont know, a simple vid or pic is good enough. SOme of the areas PP forced access to had high voltage and if they walked into it, one of t hem wouldnt be around any more. Just saying, be careful and know what you are doing. Enjoyed the vid, good luck on your future tours.

[@codyhess5713]

Who else wants to live there lol?

[@LuxuryBeatsMusic]

dang foo, I built this place with my own two hands back in 2064! crazy it still exists gee will-i-ckers

[@benjaminmendenhall4497]

Now 692 likes 😅

[@MickBrown-wf3sd]

😂

[@tcm2kd5000]

Just one more move in getting rid of having to pay people to work. For the people who say good, I work from home, what about those who would keep the building up and running? They now don't have jobs. To me, staying in your house and never leaving it is boring.

[@BROKEN.WRENCH.GARAGE]

69 likes 😅

[@SandlotZoFaraway]

He probably looking for cash to

[@LuxuryBeatsMusic]

3:16 those wires probably transmit the "magic" to make things happen in the 3D Reality!!!!! Gosh darnnit, we hacked into the motherboard!!!!!

[@paulc.7781]

U should have found the main power and turned off the building. 😁😎😇☺️😊

[@lifequest7453]

That is not what videography is about. you dont mess with the building, just observe. whats wrong with y ou

[@Nufsed-f5r]

I am so excited to visit the headquarters later this month 🫶🏼

[@Brucifer2]

...why did Walgreens have a caged up area at the beginning? 🫨

[@decayingmidwest]

Storage

[@sucrose7469]

Cage area at start was the mail room and when he went out of the mail room to the left that was End User Computing (Corp IT)

[@tranzco1173]

It was common to have a cage for bad employees, punishment. I'm not kidding. You could be sent home without pay, or spend 6 hours in the cage. Happened to my brother.

[@P602-d2x]

@@tranzco1173 yep spent many a hours in the cage