BATS Renews Lease on Kansas City Headquarters

BATS Global Markets has signed a 10-year lease renewal at its Kansas City-area global headquarters, and the exchange operator will be opening a Chicago office as well.
By Jake Safane(2147484770)
BATS Global Markets has signed a 10-year lease renewal at its Kansas City-area global headquarters, and the exchange operator will be opening a Chicago office as well.

Since September 2008, BATS has been based out of 8050 Marshall Drive in Lenexa, Kansas, occupying about 35,000 square feet in the building with 104 associates. The new Chicago office will be located at 200 South Wacker Drive.

In November, BATS also expanded its presence at 17 State Street in New York, due to the acquisition of Direct Edge. With the leasing of an additional 14,900 square feet, BATS now encompasses an entire floor in the building, housing all of the firm’s area employees. BATS also plans to include a bell ringing platform and broadcast studio in the office.

“Since launching BATS in a North Kansas City storefront almost 10 years ago, we’ve been committed to providing a great work environment for our associates. We’re proud to be based in Kansas City and we consider our headquarters to be one of the keys to our success with the region’s deep pool of technology, operations and management talent helping us to become one of the largest stock exchange operators in the world,” says BATS CEO Joe Ratterman. “We’re also excited to open a Chicago office to support our many customers in the Chicago area, a key center of U.S. equities and options trading, while expanding our New York presence at 17 State.”

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