CoreNet Chicago

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.

Moderator:

Michael Thomas, VP Administration and Real Estate, Allstate Insurance

Panelists include:

Tonia Rachel, Manager, Real Estate Services, Mary Kay Inc.

Kevin Lennon, Managing Director, Real Estate, CME Group

Mario Anicama, Director of Real Estate, Oracle Corporation

Lee Utke, Sr. Director, Global Real Estate, Whirlpool Corporation

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