Advocacy
Contact Your Legislators: Mayor Emanuel’s Pension Reform Proposal
Contact Your Legislators: Mayor Emanuel’s Pension Reform Proposal July 13, 2015 Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced a bold proposal to address a significant portion of Chicago’s pension funding dilemma with an aggressive plan to decrease benefits, increase employee contributions and increase property taxes. BOMA/Chicago’s executive leadership determined that the responsible course of action is…
Read MoreChicago’s Proposed Energy Benchmarking Ordinance: Our Support for Energy Intel, But Opposition to Public Disclosure
Chicago’s Proposed Energy Benchmarking Ordinance: Our Support for Energy Intel, But Opposition to Public Disclosure By Michael Cornicelli On June 26, 2013, Mayor Emanuel unveiled an energy benchmarking ordinance that, if passed by the City Council, would require municipal, commercial and residential properties over 50,000 square feet to track and publicly report their energy usage.…
Read MoreBOMA/Chicago Economic Impact Study: Analyzing Chicago Office Buildings as a Major Economic Driver
BOMA/Chicago Economic Impact Study: Analyzing Chicago Office Buildings as a Major Economic Driver Last week, BOMA/Chicago was proud to unveil its 2012 Economic Impact Study (EIS), a research report commissioned to analyze the economic impact of our building members. The report, which builds on the original EIS released in 2006, was developed to better understand our members’ economic value…
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