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August 10, 2020 Per OEMC, access and transportation restrictions will go into effect at 9 p.m. effective Tuesday, August 11. As the result of overnight looting activity on Sunday, August 9…
August 3, 2020 The City of Chicago has shared new posters and flyers on Face Masks you are encouraged to use within your buildings and businesses to help stop the spread…
July 31, 2020 Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced today the appointment of Matthew W. Beaudet as the Commissioner of the City’s Department of Buildings (DOB). Beaudet, who has served as Acting…
July 28, 2020 Second Installment Cook County property tax bills are due on August 3, 2020, but property owners will have two extra months to pay without a late fee, as…
July 28, 2020 As a result of Chicago’s minimum wage rate increasing on July 1 to $14.00, entry wage rates under the BOMA/Chicago and SEIU Local 1 Security Agreement were also adjusted…
July 23, 2020 2021 TOBY Application Season Call for applications! The 2021 local TOBY award application season is now open. Please review the 2021 Entry Requirements (listed below), which outline the…
July 21, 2020 The City of Chicago updated its quarantine list to include the states of Wisconsin, Missouri, North Dakota and Nebraska, effective July 31. The states designated in the travel…
July 21, 2020 BOMA/Chicago has begun negotiations for a new Building Engineers Agreement with the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 399. The current list of signatories will not carry over…
July 20, 2020 Due to a spike in COVID-19, Mayor Lightfoot has reinstated certain restrictions as listed below that will go into effect Friday, July 24. Bars, taverns, breweries and other…
July 16, 2020 Governor Pritzker announced today that he is evolving the State’s COVID response by moving Illinois from four COVID regions to eleven COVID regions (based on the eleven EMS/hospital…
July 9, 2020 The commercial real estate industry honored 16 commercial properties with The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) Award at the July 9 virtual TOBY Celebration that was part…
July 6, 2020 The Department of Buildings is pleased to announce an opportunity to learn more about the transition to the 2019 Chicago Construction Codes in a full-day virtual training program,…
In partnership with the Chicago Loop Alliance, BOMA/Chicago invites all of our buildings to support the “Everyone’s Neighborhood – the Loop” campaign. You can also support the campaign with the phrase: #BackInTheLoop.” The…
June 24, 2020 Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave This July 1, the minimum wage will increase from $13.00 to either $13.50 or $14.00 per hour (depending on the number of workers at…
June 23, 2020 State and city guidelines for Phase 4 can be viewed and downloaded here: State guidelines for Office Buildings State guidelines for Health & Fitness Facilities City guidelines for…
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