Rider Dickerson — Roommate Wanted

The situation arose not long ago, when Rider Dickerson—a century-old printer based in Chicago’s South Loop along Clark Street on the once famed “Printers Row”—received notice that the building it had called home for many years had been sold for conversion into student housing for downtown universities. Bill Barta, president and CEO, wasn’t at all surprised, since real estate in the Windy City had become cost-prohibitive for many manufacturing sectors. Printers Row had become anything but that, with many of the old occupants having moved on.