CoreNet Chicago

There are many threats to ‘legacy commerce’; however, the opportunities that are now available are endless. Join us to hear from industry experts about some of the largest logistics companies in the world and what they are doing to pivot during this ‘disruptive’ time in the e-commerce space.

The Coca-Cola Company has spent several years renovating their corporate headquarters. While the team transformed the public spaces of the Atlanta Office Campus, the corporate real estate group expanded its role beyond the strategy, design and construction of the main campus to developing and operating effective, engaging workplaces for associates all over the world. The newly-formed global organi...

The CoreNet Global Academic Challenge at last October’s summit asked 46 teams of students from around the world to think seriously about how employers can attract, retain and motivate the next generaton of talent. Come learn how the University of Illinois team won the competition. Nancy Harris, a respected and accomplished leadership coach and HR consultant, will also offer corporate perspectives...

How does the Fed feel about the U.S. economy in 2017? After this election year, learn how this might affect the local and national economy? Join us for this annual program sharing insights for the upcoming year, featuring key economists from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Speakers:
 Rick Mattoon - Senior Economist and Economic Advisor
 Scott Brave - Senior Economist and Economic Advisor
, Fe...

Technology companies face unique challenges in the way they make commitments, how they use their space for recruiting, attracting, and retaining the best talent and how they often develop "Co-working" arrangements with similar tech firms in an incubator. Learn how these exciting companies have mitigated risk in their real estate decisions as a start-up and the unique ways in which they have used t...

Many organizations are making fundamental shifts in their workplaces, and often these environments haven’t changed in 10-20 years or more. For them change is not incremental – it is transformational. These new spaces constitute a significant investment in real estate and bring to bear results of many layers of decisions. This is where pilots come in; their results can illuminate how an organizatio...

Chicago’s Central business district has historically been defined by the route in which the EL circumnavigated through the city. As the city continues to grow and evolve, tenants are searching for creative ways to operate business, which are steering them to look towards the neighborhoods that surround the Loop: River North, Fulton Market District, Goose Island, and North Branch

Building Infrastructure + Big Data = Big Opportunity Buildings are full of data-collection networks that manage discrete systems and are prime input for Big Data Analytics. The building industry is quickly adopting Big Data to drive innovation and strategy. Reliable and convenient solutions are available today for collecting digital data, analyzing it and empowering building managers to act with c...

Building amenities like roof decks, fitness centers, conferencing, etc. are now the norm. But we want to know what’s next? Technology has impacted which amenities are being required by tenants versus what must be provided by the building. A lively panel discussion from the perspective of landlords and leading companies working within these buildings, moderated by corporate real estate professional...

Learn how emerging technologies and trends are affecting your real estate strategies. Hear from key corporate real estate executives and their perspectives and challenges with data centers.

The Federal Reserve: Back by Popular Demand! How does the Fed feel about the U.S. economy in 2016? We are entering an election year, how will this affect the local and national economy? Join us for this annual program sharing insights for the coming year, featuring key economists from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Real estate standards for multinational firms can be established with the support of the C-suite and business leaders. However, when taking those standards to the “local,” yet international markets, a whole new set of contractual, cultural and legal challenges can occur. CoreNet Chicago members learned about the “art of the global deal” from this very active and respected panel of global CRE’s. Mo...

The WELL Building Standard® focuses on human wellness within the built environment. It identifies specific conditions, that when holistically integrated into building architecture and design, enhance the health and well-being of the occupants. Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively influenc...

Tech companies are growing in Chicago. Our speakers explore why real estate is a strategic value, discuss common misconceptions, and share what goes on behind the scenes in their facilities. Speakers: YELP: Brett Fay, Facility Manager Gogo Air: Karen Jackson, SVP HR Bluebeam Software: Sasha Reed, VP IA Interior Architects: John Hopkins, Design Director Moderator: Steve Monaco, Motorola Mobility

Michael Cornicelli, BOMA, moderated an insightful discussion on how critical policy issues will unfold along with their predicted impact on the future of Chicago's commercial real estate industry, business community and overall economy. Moderator: Michael Cornicelli, Executive Vice President of the Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago (BOMA/Chicago) Panelists: Ron Tabaczynski, Direc...

The economy has entered its sixth year of the expansion. How does the Fed feel about the U.S. economy in 2015? How might these prognostications affect us throughout the Midwest and, particularly, here in Chicago? Join us for this annual program sharing insights for the coming year, featuring key economists from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Speakers: - William Strauss, Senior Economist and...

Join CoreNet Chicago for our last luncheon program of 2014. Business strategies shift and real estate projects take a long time to deliver. This program explores the rarely discussed and often over-looked world between strategy and execution, and suggests the feedback loops necessary to avoid delivering product that is mis-aligned with the business strategy. The Chicago chapter is pleased to be jo...

Global Workplace Analytics estimates that as many as 60 million employees are currently involved in some form of remote work. Implemented effectively, “mobile officing” allows workers to perform their primary job duties outside of the traditional office, without losing productivity and job satisfaction. How do you manage so it yields positive results and productivity? Speakers: Debra Moritz, EMD a...

Join us for this year's installment of our annual Tales from the Trenches program. During this luncheon, we'll offer you a glimpse into the lives of several successful CRE executives, as they discuss the true challenges and rewards of running their massive portfolios. Through mergers and acquisitions, along with physical moves and workplace changes, these professionals have had one heck of a year...

Change is inevitable. Change is constant. Do you manage change from the top down? Or bottom up? What's happening before, during and after? Be part of an interactive discussion with three major firms in varying phases of implementing change in their Chicago HQ's. Speakers: Jennifer Kyung—HQ Business Lead, Zurich North America Audrey Southard—Senior VP, Human Resources, Follett Higher Education Grou...

How do you consolidate three supply chains and five facilities into one--and realize increased profits--while simultaneously reducing your real estate footprint? In this fast-paced, informative session, you'll learn how Easton-Bell Sports and Avison Young assembled the right multi-disciplinary team and strategically assessed its business objectives to efficiently consolidate.

This year's Meet & Greet event took place on a blustery Tuesday night at Quartino Ristorante & Wine Bar in River North. Meet & Greet events are a perfect opportunity for prospective members to witness the benefits of becoming a CoreNet member first-hand, as well as enjoy some good calamari and pizza! Members who brought a prospective new member were given free attendance to the event.

Today's real estate capital markets are bifurcated into high yield (value added) investors and low yield (guaranteed income) investors. The return requirements of each can be separated by 800 basis points or more. Today's corporate real estate executives needs to use the available tools and strategies to ensure they do business with the low yield investors to minimize their costs. Our discussion w...

If City Planning matters, then why does the City not have the word "Planning" in any of its departments? In "Planning Chicago", authors D.B. Hunt and J. DeVries contend that the height of 'city-led planning' was in 1966, and that Chicago is no longer defined by its storied past but by the nature of its emerging post-industrial future. Roosevelt University Speakers: Jon B. DeVries; CRE AICP, Direct...

Trying to predict the "economic" future over the past few years has been a tough row to hoe. Just how does the Fed feel abut the economy in 2014? Join us for this annual program sharing insights for the coming year, featuring key economists from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Speakers: - Rick Mattoon, Sr. Economist and Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - William Strauss, Seni...