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City With A View – A Look at Chicago’s Distinctive Skyline
City With A View – A Look at Chicago’s Distinctive Skyline It has been a big month for skyscrapers in the news – most notably, construction was completed on New York City’s One World Trade Center, rising to its full symbolic height of 1,776 feet (representing 1776, the year of America’s independence) with the placement of…
Read MoreDisastrous Due Diligence, or Due Diligence pre-Disaster?
Disastrous Due Diligence, or Due Diligence pre-Disaster? By the BOMA/Chicago Business Continuity and Resiliency Committee Chicago building owners and managers wouldn’t wait for June to make plans for spring landscaping or December to plan for snow and ice. Yet still, many property managers wait to connect with a building restoration contractor until an actual property disaster hits –…
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…
Read MoreWhen Disaster Strikes: Have a Plan Ready
When Disaster Strikes: Have a Plan Ready By the BOMA/Chicago Business Continuity and Resiliency Committee If recent events during the past year have taught us anything – Hurricane Sandy, wildfires, earthquakes and seemingly dozens of harsh winter storms, to name a few – it’s that natural disasters and severe weather emergencies can hit anytime, anywhere, and with little to no…
Read MoreThe Creepy, Crawly Facts about Bed Bugs in Office Buildings
The Creepy, Crawly Facts about Bed Bugs in Office Buildings By Carla Wagner, Operations Manager, Canine Detection & Inspection Services One would think that the potential for bed bugs in office buildings would be extremely low, given the lack of, well, beds. Unfortunately, that’s not what pest professionals in the field are encountering. In fact, a 2011…
Read MoreLook Up, Out and Around to Determine Best Time to Replace Office Building Window Caulking
Look Up, Out and Around to Determine Best Time to Replace Office Building Window Caulking By Steve Riggio, Principal, RiggioBoron Ltd. Property managers today have a wide range of resources to help determine whether their building is operating at peak efficiency. For example, building managers determine power and energy usage in HVAC and lighting systems with gas…
Read MoreThe Rebirth of a “New Age Skyscraper” in Downtown Chicago: The Monroe Building Renovation
The Rebirth of a “New Age Skyscraper” in Downtown Chicago: The Monroe Building Renovation By Paul Rades, Property Manager for the Monroe Building. When the Monroe Building opened its doors in 1912, the ornate office tower on Chicago’s famous Michigan Avenue already had a tremendous pedigree. After all, it was designed by the legendary architectural firm of Holabird & Roche, a team…
Read MoreTaking a Bow for BOMA International Award for NATO Summit Communications
Taking a Bow for BOMA International Award for NATO Summit Communications Rarely do we make efforts to pat ourselves on the back for a job well done. But here we’re making an exception. Last month, BOMA/Chicago earned a “2012 Best Practices Award” in the Marketing Communications category for the concerted program launched to provide BOMA/Chicago Building Members – comprised…
Read MoreA Key Discussion: Appearance and Reality with Building Security Keys
A Key Discussion: Appearance and Reality with Building Security Keys By Tom Glavin, President of Glavin Security Specialists If you’re a property management professional, you surely spend most of your time managing operating funds, allocating staff and vendor resources and responding to a wide range of tenant service requests. But one other key responsibility is to maintain the…
Read MorePhase Two: Bringing Two North Riverside Plaza to LEED Standards
Phase Two: Bringing Two North Riverside Plaza to LEED Standards Visitors to the Two North Riverside Plaza website learn that we market the 83-year-old Art Deco office property as “A Current Classic.” And, we should. Two North Riverside, which commands a prominent location along the Chicago River in the West Loop, was designed by the legendary architecture firm of Holabird…
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