7 Laptops Stolen From New Wicker Park Office Building – DNAinfo

A vintage office building in Wicker Park that just opened after an extensive renovation was burglarized early Sunday. View Full Caption

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WICKER PARK A company that designs college dormitories was burglarized only a month after opening itsoffices in the rehabbed Polish Alma Mater building just north of the Milwaukee, Damen and North avenues intersection.

"We all live in the neighborhood and love the neighborhood. It's a total slap in the face. [The thieves] busted in the back door," Mitch Dalton, director of development for Wicker Park-based Core Spaces, said Monday.

The burglary, which occurred sometime between 2:30 a.m. and 2:45 a.m. Sunday, resulted in seven laptops and a few monitors stolen from the fourth floor of the office building at 1643 N. Milwaukee Ave. where the 17-employee Core Campus is located.

"They took all the Apple products they could find. They didn't vandalize anything. They also took all of our personal bags to carry it out ... gym bags, laptop bags. No one got hurt; everything else is replaceable," Dalton said.

Officer Nicole Trainor, a Chicago Police Department spokeswoman, confirmed the burglary report.

Trainor said police, who were on the scene at 7:15 a.m. Sunday, "observed signs of forced entry."

Dalton said motion sensors alerted him to the time of the theft.

Foundedin 2011, Core Campus shared an office with nearby LG Construction and Development Group at 2234 W. North Ave. before moving to the Milwaukee Avenue location.

Marc Lifshin, who owns Core Spaces, also is a managing partner at LG Construction, which is rehabbing the interior of the 1890s-era building.

Dalton said that the entire office, including himself, "rallied" on Sunday.

"We came into the office, ordered food, and spent 13 hours getting up and and running [again]," he said.

Video cameras were installed Sunday.

Last month, LG Construction tweeted photos of the nearly finished Core Campus offices.

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