Ameritech Center Heliport

Economic and corporate restructuring. The heliport was built for the exclusive use of Ameritech's top executives. After Ameritech was acquired, the Hoffman Estates campus was no longer the central corporate headquarters. The new parent company, SBC/AT&T, had its own corporate headquarters and executive travel infrastructure, rendering the dedicated heliport at this location redundant and economically unviable to maintain.

The site of the former Ameritech Center has been sold and is being redeveloped into a mixed-use 'metroburb' called Bell Works Chicagoland. It now houses multiple tenants for office, retail, dining, and community events. While the physical concrete helipad with its 'H' marking is still visible on satellite imagery on the west side of the main building, it is no longer a certified or operational heliport. It is simply a remnant of the property's past use.

The Ameritech Center Heliport was an integral part of the sprawling 1.7 million-square-foot Ameritech Center, which opened in 1991. It served as a symbol of corporate prestige and efficiency during the late 20th century. Its primary operation was to provide rapid, on-demand air transportation for high-level executives, allowing them to bypass Chicago-area traffic for meetings downtown, or for quick transfers to and from major airports like O'Hare International (ORD) and Midway (MDW). The operations were exclusively private and supported the functions of a Fortune 500 company headquarters.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the heliport. The current multi-tenant, mixed-use nature of the Bell Works complex does not create a business case for a private heliport. The cost of recertification, maintenance, insurance, and operation would be substantial, and there is no single anchor tenant with the specific need that Ameritech had. Therefore, the likelihood of it ever being used for aviation purposes again is extremely low.