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Beeting the Summer Heat at 1KFulton
Beeting the Summer Heat at 1KFulton Next up in our series on sustainable rooftops and initiatives, we talk to Rachael Bruketta, Assistant Property Manager with Sterling Bay, who fills us in on 1000 West Fulton’s rooftop vegetable garden including maintenance, vegetable selection, environmental impact and tenant engagement. What was the motivation to create a vegetable…
Read More2016 Emerging Leader of the Year Jennifer Hanson
2016 Emerging Leader of the Year Jennifer Hanson Jennifer Hanson, Assistant Real Estate Manager with CBRE, Inc. at 20 North Michigan and 600 West Fulton, was named the 2016 Gold Circle Awards Emerging Leader of the Year. What was your first paying job? My first paying job was a cashier at a local grocery store. I remember…
Read MoreWhat’s the Buzz at Beacon Capital Partners?
What’s the Buzz at Beacon Capital Partners? In the second story in our series on sustainable rooftops and initiatives, we talk to Al Scaramelli, Managing Director at Beacon Capital Partners about honey bees. As the director of sustainability programs, Mr. Scaramelli oversees Beacon’s energy and sustainability projects including bee hives built on Beacon-owned buildings’ rooftops across the…
Read MoreWhat Exelon and ComEd Don’t Want You to Know
What Exelon and ComEd Don’t Want You to Know With electricity costs making up the first or second largest expense for BOMA/Chicago buildings, it’s crucial that we continue shedding light on Exelon and ComEd’s proposed legislation which would raise electricity rates a whopping $8 billion over the next ten years. BOMA/Chicago buildings alone – making…
Read More2017 Sprinkler Retrofit Deadline Approaching
2017 Sprinkler Retrofit Deadline Approaching July 19, 2016 BOMA/Chicago is reminding buildings that the deadline for the final phase of the City’s sprinkler retrofit mandate is approaching. The Sprinkler Installation Ordinance (13-196-205), passed in 2004, mandates all pre-1975 commercial high rise buildings that are not landmarked to install full sprinkler systems by January 1, 2017.…
Read MoreHow 20,000 Worms Transformed this Building [Interview]
How 20,000 Worms Transformed this Building [Interview] We’re kicking off a new series of stories focusing on sustainable rooftops and initiatives in a dialogue with AMA Plaza’s Assistant Property Manager Yordanos Ghdey with Riverview Realty Property Management. Yordanos walks us through the ins and outs of the AMA Plaza’s worm composting program housed on the 48th floor…
Read MoreIllinois General Assembly Approves New “Transit TIF”
Illinois General Assembly Approves New “Transit TIF” July 18, 2016 Legislation introduced and approved by the Illinois General Assembly on June 30, 2016 would allow for a new type of TIF district (called a “transit TIF”) to provide a new financial tool intended to help the City of Chicago and the CTA with funding…
Read MoreFinally a State Budget… Sort Of
Finally a State Budget… Sort Of July 18, 2016 The Illinois General Assembly succeeded in passing a “stop gap” budget to avoid, by a few hours, the distinction of going a full 12 months without a fully enacted budget. The measure will allow the State to keep agency operations intact for the next six…
Read More2016 Illinois Legislative Wrap-Up
2016 Illinois Legislative Wrap-Up July 1, 2016 The regular session of the Illinois General Assembly adjourned on May 31 with no resolution to the budget stalemate that had log-jammed many other major legislative proposals and created an unusual, but increasingly familiar, political dynamic in the state house. Nonetheless, BOMA/Chicago’s legislative team was quite busy during…
Read MoreCPS Legislation Provides Pension Payment, Levy Increase
CPS Legislation Provides Pension Payment, Levy Increase June 30, 2016 The other shoe appears ready to drop on the unresolved CPS pension issue. A House amendment to Senate Bill 318 allows the City of Chicago to impose a new property tax levy for Chicago Public Schools (CPS) pensions. The record $580 million property tax levy…
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