Fortune Brands returns to Chicago from Burbank the week of its new headquarters consolidation

Fortune Brands flew from Hollywood Burbank Airport to Chicago Executive Airport on May 14, a 3-hour-35-minute hop that arrived just before sunset. The trip came the day after the same aircraft had flown from Chicago to Burbank, suggesting a brief West Coast business visit.

The return lands Fortune Brands executives back at the company’s new headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois, where the firm has been consolidating its U.S. regional offices into one campus. As [Fortune Brands announced](https://ir.fbin.com/news-releases/news-release-details/fortune-brands-opens-new-campus-headquarters-deerfield-il), the company opened the site in September 2025 and has already exceeded its hiring target of 400 full-time positions two years ahead of schedule. The move aims to accelerate collaboration across brands like Moen, Master Lock, and Yale.

Recent flights show the Legacy 500 making regular runs between Chicago and other cities—including Norfolk, Cleveland, and Northwest Arkansas—as CEO Nicholas Fink and his team oversee the integration of the new hub. This week’s short California swing fits that pattern of cross-country coordination.