Author: brent

Edward Heart Hospital Cardiodiagnostics Earn National Accreditation

Posted on | by brent
Edward Heart Hospital’s cardiodiagnostics department has earned a three-year accreditation in nuclear cardiology from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC). The cardiodiagnostics department uses procedures like stress testing, nuclear stress tests, echocardiograms, stress echo cardiograms, EKGs and peripheral vascular exams to detect cardiovascular disease – disorders of the heart and blood vessels – which are the number one cause of death in the U.S. On average, one American dies every 39 seconds of heart disease. Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized

New hotel doubles banquet center size in Naperville

Posted on | by brent
By: Marie Wilson, Daily Herald Business Ledger The 1,000-seat banquet hall Naperville has been seeking for more than a decade is now open at the new Embassy Suites by Hilton.

The hotel at 1813 Abriter Court on the city’s north side opened last week with 13,000 square feet of flexible meeting and banquet space including two board rooms and a private dining room for up to 60 people. Continue reading →

Comcast Adds 200 Jobs in DuPage County

Posted on | by brent

New Technician Support and Logistics jobs created will play a crucial role in efforts to enhance the customer experience

Comcast announced today that the company is hiring nearly 200 new employees as part of an initiative to enhance the customer experience. The new hires will join about 290 existing Workforce Operations employees to create two new centers of excellence, a “Technician Support Center” and “Technician Logistics Center.” Continue reading →

Western Access O’Hare Opens New Ramps

Posted on | by brent

Published by the Daily Herald, read original article here. 

State and local transportation officials will be opening three much-anticipated ramps connecting Route 53 (westbound I-290) to Route 390 this weekend after a ribbon-cutting Friday. The ramps are part of the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway project to make O’Hare International Airport accessible from the western suburbs and to build a new tollway around the airport’s western flank. The completion of the full project is years away. Continue reading →

Greatest Mid-Year Velocity in Seven Years

Posted on | by brent

JLL’s Chicago Suburban Office Market Report

As vacancies have tightened across the suburbs, rental rates have been increasing. Year-over-year, Class A rental rates increased across all but one submarket at the same time that market wide vacancy rates decreased year-over-year. While North Lake County’s Class A rental rate did not increase year-over-year it did increase from last quarter rising by $1.57. This trend will continue as vacancy rates tighten further. This tightening will be supported by current tenants in the market looking for a combined 6.7 million square feet of space. Continue reading →

Hub Group, Duchossois Building in Oak Brook

Posted on | by brent

In Spring 2014, officials from Duchossois Real Estate LLC, announced the acquisition of four buildings in Oak Brook with the hopes of turning them into corporate office space. This comes on the heels of Hub Group’s announcement at the end of 2013 to move their headquarters into a new 130,000 square foot office building at York Road and 22nd Street in Oak Brook with a five-year lease.

Continue reading →