Yes, I let Donald Trump take the mic and read the highlights from the Colliers Q1 Chicago CBD Office Market. It's only about 6 minutes.

Four Colliers professionals discuss the trends in office leasing they are seeing in their respective markets. 

Scott Ubersox, Executive Vice President Real Estate and Facilities discusses the challenges of managing a real estate portfolio that grew from 70 offices to over 700 locations with 9,000 employees. Having come from the office brokerage side of the business, he brings a unique perspective.

IWBI, featured on Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies List, is the leading global movement to transform our buildings and communities in ways that help people thrive. Stephen Brown, VP Global Market Development discusses the health and wellness movement and how IWBI is addressing the current environment. Spoiler alert, they are very busy.

Dan Park, Senior Vice President and Asset Manager with KBS provides his perspective on the office market. KBS acquires and operates prime commercial real estate in some of the most successful markets in the country. They have acquired $42.7 billion worth of real estate over the 28 years in business. 

Great discussion with Tom Zurowski, the founder and CEO of Eastlake Studios, a premier Chicago based architectural firm that focuses on workplace interiors, with a balance of assignments between tenants and building owners. What is the future of office interior design?

Patrick Depoy is an attorney with Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and is a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment Client Service Group. He tackles questions like, "Can I force my employees to come back to work?”, “What if someone refuses?” “What is my responsibility to make the workplace safe?”. Important topics under the circumstances. Some relevant links from Patrick: 

BCLP Resources for Employers: https://www.bclplaw.com/en-US/topics/covid-19/coronavirus-covid-19-resources.html

CDC Office Guidelines: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/office-buildings.html

OSHA Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19: https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3990.pdf

EEOC COVID-19 Guidelines on the ADA and other EEO Laws: https://www.eeoc.gov/wysk/what-you-should-know-about-covid-19-and-ada-rehabilitation-act-and-other-eeo-laws

Two office leasing attorneys, Stacy Osmond from DLA Piper and Brian Spangler with Katten Muchin Rosenman highlight the major considerations in leases. They provide thought provoking insight into how to protect yourself within a lease and things to think about related to the current pandemic. 

Ben Wright, founder of Upsuite providest his views on coworking and what the future holds. Upsuite was founded to enable flexibility in the office market.  Upsuite enables hundreds of new companies per month to find space and connects them to more than 25,000 available suites in 27 North American markets.  Upsuite was one of ten companies globally to complete the Colliers Proptech Accelerator powered by Techstars in 2018.