Business & Tech

Tech Firm Moving to Lake Street in Oak Park

Local firm to expand to vacant space at 1044 Lake St. in Oak Park.

Oak Park tech firm, viaForensics, will be relocating and expanding into the second floor of a space at 1044 Lake St. this fall, according to a news release from the Oak Park Development Corporation.

The long-time vacant space will be renovated to fit the company’s needs and occupancy is expected fall of 2013.

Andrew Hoog and Chee Kim, owners of viaForensics, and husband and wife, are Oak Park residents who started the firm in 2009. They have since grown the company from 2 to over 40 employees, with 20 employed locally. 

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Their expansion to Lake Street is their second physical expansion in Oak Park since 2010, according to the release.  

Andrew Cohen of Chicago-based Essex Realty leased the second floor space at 1044 Lake St. The building still has 6,000 square feet of vacant retail space, according to the release.

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