Takeda’s Home Office in Deerfield

November 2002: Baxter International Inc. puts neighboring 70-acre parcel up for sale

December 2002: Takeda purchases the site from Baxter

January 2003: Deputy General Counsel Carm Zammuto, Security Director Marc Fidanza, Sr Director Tax Treasury and Risk Management Scott Dessing and Senior Manager Corporate Facilities Paula Mengarelli are asked to become the Takeda Land Development Team

August 2003: Takeda chooses Hines, an international real estate firm, to act as development manager for the new headquarters facility

April 2004: Signs are erected on the Lake Cook and Saunders corners of the Takeda property announcing that it will be the new home for the Takeda headquarters campus

October 2004: Takeda hires Thompson, Venulett, Stainback & Associates, Inc., Architects (TVS) to design the new headquarters

February 1, 2005: The Village of Deerfield City Council and Mayor Steve Harris officially approve Takeda as an annexed corporate member of the Deerfield community

February 2005: Final external architectural design is approved by TPC, TPNA and TGRD executives

April 5, 2005: Governor Rod Blagojevich awards Takeda more than $15 million in Opportunity Returns, a regional economic development strategy with the goal of successfully partnering with companies and communities to help Illinois reach its economical potential

May 6, 2005: Takeda'a groundbreaking ceremony commences on the new headquarters campus. Employees celebrate the new headquarters with a reception at the Marriot Lincolnshire

May 9, 2005: The first crane is rolled on the site and construction officially begins

July 2005: More than 50 percent of the dirt is moved to the site to level out the property for beginning stages of building

August 2005: Steel is erected

November 10, 2005: Last Beam Goes Up

December 2005:Work begins on inside of both buildings

August 9, 2006: Furniture Arrives

September 14, 2006: Move In Begins

October 20, 2006: Grand Opening Ceremony