Corenet Chicago

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 influence our health through the quality of our surroundings. Join us for lunch where Delos and other WELL experts will explore the principles behind engineering healthy spaces, providing insight into marrying design and construction processes with evidence-based health and wellness technologies. Delos is a “pioneer” of the WELL Building Standard and the founder of the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). Speakers: Randy Fiser, CEO, American Society of Interior Designers Jessica Cooper, Executive Director, Delos Moderator: Colleen Conklin, Director Research, Sodexho

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, Director of Government Affairs, BOMA/Chicago Steve Morrill, President, Morrill & Associates Mike Munson, Principal, Metropolitan Energy

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 Economic Advisor - Rick Mattoon, Senior Economist and Economic Advisor Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

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 joined by Sarah Abrams, CoreNet’s 2013 CRE Executive of the Year, who will present a program that is extremely popular at CoreNet Summit events! Speaker: Sarah K. Abrams, Senior Vice President, Global Real Estate, Iron Mountain; Core Net Global CRE Executive of the Year, 2013

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 and Leader of Global Business Consulting, Cushman & Wakefield Christine Congdon, Director of Marketing Communications; Steelcase John Arenas, CEO, Serendipity Labs Location: Maggiano's Banquets 111 West Grand Avenue

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 and have even found some time to talk about it! Panelists: Rob Peterson, Director of RE Services; Abbvie Stephen Monaco, RE Operations Manager-Americas, Motorola Mobility Andy Tilmont, Head of Corporate Real Estate, U.S. BMO Harris Bank; NA Moderator: Robert Wetherald, Senior Director-North American Facilities; Oracle

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 Group Damla Gerhart—Director of Workplace Strategy, CBRE Moderator: Abby Levine; Deloitte Consulting

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 will focus on how corporate users are using the Own verses Lease decision, their Balance Sheet, and their credit strength to create value, prevent write-downs and lower their operating costs. Speaker: Bruce Westwood-Booth; Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle

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, Director, Marshall Bennett Institute D. Bradford Hunt, PhD, Dean and Vice Provost

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, Senior Economist Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Despite the increasing maturity of the service provider marketplace, many corporate users have come to the same conclusion; no single firm is best at delivering all services in all global regions. Due to this reality, companies have traditionally been forced to choose between consistency and the best local service delivery. Enter the integrator model which solves this trade off Early adopters of the integrator model will share their insight and experience with this innovative service delivery model/sourcing strategy. Speakers: Patrick McDonald, Program Manager Global Infrastructure, Real Estate and Facilities, Microsoft Scott Long, Sr. Director of Operations, CBRE

Are you or a client preparing your organization for change? Are you curious about the latest trends in change management, or best practices, or even a general introduction to the topic? The May luncheon will feature an interactive “workshop” that will aid in understanding change situations and will provide you with key tools to identify your change approach within your or your client’s organization. Audience members will use mobile technology to share their opinions and responses, which will be discussed in real time using Conference i/o. Dr. James Bohn Ph.D will share a lifetime of experience and provide several general principles for helping people adjust to change. His presentation will include asking participants to focus on the Top 10 questions they need to ask (and answer!) as they prepare their organizations for change. He will also focus a segment of his presentation on specific risks identified when implementing new IT systems for Finance, HR and Sourcing. Speaker: Dr. James Bohn, Ph.D, Pri

Few businesses in history have had as profound an impact on human life in such a short period of time! Join us at the April luncheon program as we hear from the key leader responsible for running Google’s U.S. workplace strategy, including the Chicago/Motorola HQ relocation. Learn more about how employees are engaged in the design process, and what practices the real estate team uses to optimize human performance in the workplace. Speaker: Jim Laumann, Director of Real Estate, Americas, Google, Inc.

New Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS) are enabling corporate real estate professionals to work in a more efficient manner from an operational standpoint. In this highly interactive session, panelists will review new IWMS tools and processes that can be used to help identify opportunities, recommend actions and realize significant cost savings. Speakers: • Simon Davis, SMD, Business Integration Group • Sidney Eli, Director, C & W / Wellpoint • Larry Barkley, Barkley Advisory Group

Mayor Rahm Emanuel tasked World Business Chicago with assessing Chicago’s current economy in an effort to develop a plan to exponentially increase Economic Growth and Jobs. The plan provides a set of goals, framework for research and analysis, and strategies for which actionable initiatives are being developed. Come learn more about the plan and hear from key Steering Committee Members on how Chicago will shape itself into the next economy. Speakers: - Dennis Vicchiarelli, Managing Director, World Business Chicago - Eric Olson, Deputy Director, Plan for Economic Growth & Jobs

With 2012 and the Presidential election now behind us, and while the U.S. economy still faces some significant challenges, how optimistic can we feel about 2013? Join us for this annual program sharing insights into the coming year, featuring key economists from the Ferederal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Speakers: •William Strauss, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago •Rick Mattoon, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

The movement of goods around the world is a multi-trillion dollar industry impacting everything from jumbo jets to the book you ordered from Amazon. What are the distinct roles of real estate and logistics in meeting the needs of the global supply chain? How will major trends in the industry affect the way real estate and logistics interact in the future? Speakers: Rich Thompson, Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle Brent Lindstrom, Director of Sales for the Americas, Supply Chain Services, Caterpillar Logistics Services, LLC Brian Hancock, President of North America, Martin-Brower LLC Eric Pitcher, Regional Manager, Economic Development, BNSF Railway Company Moderator: Keith Stauber, Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle