The Elevator Speech
By Gary Kuzel, Jeff Jacklin, and Chris Allison. Join Affiliate Member United Radio Communications for a guided tour of Safety Reimagined –Technology for a Safer World – an integrated technology ecosystem. The tour will share how this ecosystem enables Building…
Now more than ever, we must explore innovative, and perhaps unconventional, strategies because this is a very unconventional time. It’s critical that building managers partner with their retail tenants and see how…
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused fundamental changes to commercial real estate operations, especially in multi-use facilities. Water quality is one area greatly impacted that is on everyone’s radar while considering reoccupancy. By…
Dear Members, Colleagues and Friends, Six months ago, I announced my intention to retire. It was theoretical for me then, but on July 31, theory becomes reality and my time with BOMA/Chicago…
The COVID-19 outbreak has left many building owners feeling stuck between a rock and a hard place. After all, the mortgage doesn’t care if your tenants can’t pay the rent because of…
I began my Real Estate career in the Spring of 2017 at 20 North Michigan as a Real Estate Services Administrator. Despite not having a real estate background, I quickly learned CBRE’s…
Transwestern’s Micah Larmie knows all about the inner workings of what makes a property management company hum smoothly, dating back to her time working as an auditor of system, finance and accounting…
There are times when it seems that lenders, loans and reporting requirements are a mystery, and that one misstep could potentially put your funding in jeopardy. Â With so much at risk, how…
Have you been operating at maximum efficiency throughout the stay at home order? If we’re honest, we can all note areas in our professional lives where efficiency has been impacted. For some…
By Curt Fiedler, Morrill & Fiedler, LLC The Illinois General Assembly met in a COVID-19 shortened legislative session over a four-day period May 20 through 23 – negotiating and advancing “essential” legislation…
Comcast Business is built for speed, flexibility, and performance. Business tenants don’t want just any building. They’re leasing space in locations with a robust network. One that supports growing broadband Internet, WiFi, and…
What was your first paying job? I was a paper boy when I was 10 years old. I delivered the Chicago Daily News afternoon edition to about 35 houses and apartments in…
In 2020, thousands of Chicago’s commercial properties will face a level of pressure unlike any we’ve experienced from city government. With Mayor Lightfoot staring at a gaping budget deficit of $1 billion,…
That’s right. Even before college, I was actually exposed to the real estate world when my brothers and I were caddies at Ravisloe Country Club. There were a number of prominent members…
Most BOMA/Chicago members know us as the champion for all aspects of the commercial real estate industry through our education, advocacy and networking efforts. Yet an interesting fact many people are surprised…
In the commercial real estate industry, there are inevitably going to be situations in which a person from a minority group is the only one in the room. Like everyone else, minority…
Jacqueline Davis, Security Director with Zeller Realty Group and SecurAmerica at The Wrigley Building, is the recipient of BOMA/Chicago’s 2019 Security Professional of the Year Award. How did you get involved in the…
As commercial buildings across downtown Chicago continue to identify ways to cut energy usage, they’re finding they need to pull off delicate a balancing act between energy efficiency, related costs, and tenant…
In this time of instant information, where everyone and everything is connected to the internet, there are amazing opportunities to improve speed and efficiency. The real estate industry is no exception, embracing…
How did you get involved in the commercial real estate industry? My Dad was an engineer and member of Local 399. He encouraged me to consider becoming an engineer. I began taking…
One of the more eye-catching headlines I have seen in the last month or so came from Joe Cahill at Crain’s Chicago Business, and it read, “Defuse the property tax bomb.” How appropriate given the extensive…