CoreNet Chicago

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, Principal; ProAxios

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