Energy Efficiency Expo 2015: Innovation and Action
New business development managers, sustainability leaders, building engineers and facility managers won’t want to miss the 2015 Energy Efficiency Expo.
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New hotel doubles banquet center size in Naperville
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
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 readingOffice Market Fundamentals Show Year-To-Date Improvement
The Chicago suburban office market fundamentals showed improvement year-to-date, despite a flat performance during the second quarter. Year-to-date absorption remains positive at 130,000 SF despite quarterly negative net absorption of 230,000 SF. Continue reading
Greatest Mid-Year Velocity in Seven Years
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 readingLegislative Update: SB 398 – Happy Hour
On July 15th Governor Rauner signed Senate Bill 398 into law – bringing back “Happy Hour” in Illinois for the first time since 1989. Representative Ron Sandack, 81st District provided Choose DuPage with the following summary to help explain some of the nuances of the bill.
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Western Access O’Hare Opens New Ramps
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
The Jewel of the Western Suburbs – Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Small-town charm, civic pride, friendly people, and a premier school system are just some of the reasons businesses and residents choose Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Continue reading
Hub Group, Duchossois Building in Oak Brook
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 readingDowntown Naperville Water Street District Construction to Begin Week of April 5
The Water Street District mixed use development proposed for the southern end of Downtown Naperville will include a mix of retail businesses, restaurants, a 158-room upscale, urban boutique hotel with luxury amenities and class A office space, as well as a 524 space parking garage.
Construction of the Downtown Naperville Water Street District, which will include a 520-space public parking garage and 158-room boutique Hotel Indigo will begin with demolition of several existing buildings on the 2.8 acre site the week of April 5. This will be followed by construction of a temporary dam to precede riverfront construction, as well as the installation and relocation of utilities. Continue reading