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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…
June 18, 2020 At this time the Chicago Fire Commissioner has put a moratorium on all high rise building fire drills for the safety of all involved. The moratorium follows the direction of the…
Today, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that Chicago will still reopen on Wednesday, June 3, advancing to Phase 3 of the Mayor’s Be Safe Chicago plan. CTA Schedule and Loop Access While full access to…
May 31, 2020 On Sunday, May 30, the City of Chicago announced new precautionary measures to further ensure the health and safety of residents and the hundreds of peaceful protesters participating…
As global concern over the novel coronavirus (now known as COVID-19) increases, there are a number of resources available to provide commercial real estate professionals with credible information on how to mitigate…
Our latest blog post spotlights Maurice Allen, Comcast Business Commercial Market Development Manager. Maurice shares his background, BOMA/Chicago involvement and ways Comcast Buildings supports our building members. Comcast Business is built for speed,…
May 26, 2020 The Illinois General Assembly has concluded the Spring session which was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Following a marathon session day to pass a full year FY21 operations…
May 26, 2020 On Sunday, March 24, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker released industry-specific guidelines for re-entry of businesses, including guidelines for office buildings, that will apply when the State’s four regions transition…
May 13, 2020 On May 13, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced plans to waive late fees on property tax payments. Under the proposed ordinance, interest penalties for late payments of…
May 8, 2020 Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced the Protecting Chicago framework that the City will be using to guide Chicago’s reopening process amid COVID-19. The framework is organized into five phases and Chicago has…