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BUILDING ENGINEERS TACKLE SNAPSHOTS FROM THE SPRING PARTY MATTERS BIG AND SMALL t the 2005 Take Me A Out to the Ball- EEPING the intricate mechanical systems of a modern cor- game party in April, Kporate office tower running smoothly is complex work. Tobey Taylor of CDK- The CB Richard Ellis staff who handle this important responsibil- USA (at left, in the ity are the Engineers. photo at right) happily accepts a cone of THE BIG STUFF. Whenever freshly popped popcorn, a major building system is up- while (below) other ten- graded or replaced, One Mag- ants do it their way, nificent Mile’s Engineers work preparing hot dogs with with the contractors in the in- all the -style stallation to be sure they know fixings available to them. how it works. Everyone attending In 2005, the engineering the event could participate in a raffle for tickets to go to a ballgame staff is involved in many — Cubs, Sox and Fire. The winners of the raffle, wearing the hats projects, including: they also won of the team they got to see, were: Julie DiJohn of n HVAC (heating, cooling & Vlecides Schroeder air conditioning) fan motor (below, at left), repair and replacement; who won tickets n upgrading the to the ’s automation Fire home opener; HVAC computer control Monica Hinton of system; Novamed (right), n exterior granite repair who won tickets and replacement; to the Sox vs. n upgrading the building’s Baltimore Orioles security system; and (Sammy Sosa’s n rebuilding of pumps for new team); and the HVAC. Jessica Caldwell of the Chicago Fire One Magnificent Mile’s engineers AT THE CONTROLS. The Engineers con- (center), who was perhaps the luckiest winner. Her tickets got her in the building’s main mechanical stantly monitor all building systems to make into the first room, on the 3rd floor (clockwise sure settings are correct, even as conditions game of this from front center): Engineer constantly change. Today’s high-tech environ- year’s crosstown rivalry between JEFF BIENICK, Assistant Chief ment demands that they must be fluent in the computer operations of HVAC, elevators, the Cubs and Engineer KEVIN O’KEEFE, Engineers lighting, and fire and life safety systems. Plus, Sox, at Wrigley BILL HUDEK, TOM DEMPSEY and DAN they need to be handy with a simple hammer Field. Congratu- NYHAN, Chief Engineer JOHN ORLIC and screwdriver. lations to all our and Engineer BOB JANOZIK. That means building engineers must com- raffle winners! plete 300 hours of college-level course work to obtain a certification in building (Continued on the back)

OUR AWARD-WINNING Management Staff RESTAURANT GETS . . . Hayley Holmes Senior Real Estate Manager MORE AWARDS! Tashna-Loy Donaldson UR congratulations to by anticipation, orchestra- Assistant Real Estate Manager Chef Tony Mantuano tion, and flawless timing. Christopher Cassata O and his team at One Also, The Spiaggia Cook- Jill Payne Leasing Associates Magnificent Mile’s 4-star Italian book was nominated (one

Irene Sierzega restaurant, Spiaggia. of three nationally) for Property Accountant Mantuano personally was rec- best photography in a John Orlic ognized at the 15th annual James cookbook. Chief Engineer Beard Foundation awards cer- Recently having cel- Greg Matos emony as the Best Chef: Mid- ebrated its 20th anniver- Director of Security west for 2005. In accepting the sary, Spiaggia continues to award, he thanked “Larry offer superlative interpre- Office of the Building Levy for dreaming of and tations of authentic Ital- One Magnificent Mile building the most beautiful ian cuisine in an opulent, 980 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1199 restaurant in America.” tiered dining room rich Toasting Spiaggia’s success and recent awards are (from left) Chicago, Illinois 60611 waiter COCO GOROSTIATA, senior manager DENISE BECKMAN, 312.664.7777 In addition, Spiaggia was with soft neutral tones, one of five nominees nation- subtly contrasting tex- chef/managing partner TONY MANTUANO, senior sous chef ally for the Outstanding Ser- tures, and towering 40- ENRIQUE MEDRANO (holding The Spiaggia Cookbook), senior vice Award, acknowledging foot windows overlooking manager CHAD BERTELSMAN and office manager LILIANA RAMIREZ. the restaurants well-de- the corner of Oak Street served reputation and Michigan Avenue and Lake Thursday; 5:30–10:30 p.m, Fri- 5:30–11:00 p.m. For reservations MAGONE MILE for impeccable Michigan beyond. Dinner is day & Saturday; 6:00–9:00 pm., (which are strongly recom- service defined served 6:00–9:30 p.m., Monday– Sunday. The lounge is open mended), call 312.280.2750. 1115 1177 1122 1100 Suite Suite 930 Suite 950 Suite Suite 240 Suite 1081 Suite Suite 1120 Suite 1350 Suite 1077 Suite Mary Riordan is published by Private Escapes Levy Innovations Baker Montgomery Mercury Investments McGregor Associates McGregor Seidensticker USA, Ltd. Seidensticker USA, Eye See Captioning Company Eye See Captioning tenants to One Magnificent Mile: Stephen Solovy Fine Art, Inc. Stephen Solovy Fine Integrated Risk Management These tenants have renewed their One Mag Mile their space at One Magnificent Mile: of 980 North Michigan Avenue. CB Richard Ellis for the tenants commitment at One Magnificent Mile:

CB Richard Ellis welcomes the newest These organizations recently expanded Thomas M. Schroeder & Associates Thomas M. Schroeder OMM205 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ) of Levy ATTERS M LVARADO A CONTINUED (

Restaurants likes the ELVA the street in the gazebo. ACKLE M In addition to the big jobs, . pastoral calm right across T good to clear your mind, and good to clear your mind, nice, nothing when the weather is as far beats downtown Chicago the as the stores, the people, sidewalk musicians, the parks and the lake.” MALL AY D S building systems and HVAC, VERY E AND Lake- our engineering staff handles a wide range of duties day to day. They’re always en- gaged in regular preventive maintenance and repairs on air conditioning, restroom facilities, lighting, etc.

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might go in any AYLOR Chicago River. “A walk is so T If you need help hanging a picture, silencing a squeaking Also, whenever a new tenant moves to One Magnificent In all, there are 24 Farmers OBERT Chris St. John door, fixing a malfunctioning window shade, replacing a light bulb or a similar task, it’s an Engineer who sets it right. Mile or a current tenant moves or expands in the building, the engineering staff goes to work. They are an integral part of every buildout project, overseeing the creation of new office space for tenants. UILDING R of CDK-USA has walked along the lake as far as Navy Pier. followed by a two-year on-the-job training program. Finally, of direction of the compass, but es- direction of the compass, pecially looks southward. He grew up in Utah and did a lot of skiing and skateboarding, so he loves to get outside and move around when the weather is nice. Having gone to Loyola, he knows the entire area very well and you’re likely see him on his skateboard, covering a lot of ground. Even with- out a skateboard, on foot, he has gotten as far south on Michigan Avenue as the shore Media (Continued from the front) Farm fresh fruits & veggies are only steps away It’s the big-city version of a roadside produce stand — the Chicago Farmers Market. This year, in its 27th season, the Market includes the popular weekly event outside the Museum of Contemporary Art, between Pearson Street and Chicago Avenue, one block east of Michigan Avenue. Every Tuesday through October 18th from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., you can buy farm fresh fruits and veggies, as well as flowers and plants, direct from the growers, without making a trek to the country. Market locations citywide in 2005. In addition to the Market at the MCA, there are four weekly downtown markets — at Daley Plaza, Prudential Plaza, Federal Plaza and at Wacker Drive & Jackson Blvd. For information on all of the other market sites and times, call 312.744.9187. gone out on the pier.” B OHN . J T S TROLL HRIS CDK-USA Lakeshore Media looks out his office window at Michigan Avenue. C S , a senior ac- , a Gerald Bauman , looks north as well. , looks north

telemarketing man- UMMER Over 13 tons of paper and Please help us build on the S waste basket. Tenants may discard all types of paper in the recycling container. Recycling is collected daily from the deskside by the building cleaning staff. Waste and recyclables are kept separate by a system of co-collection. All paper and cardboard collected is re- cycled and made into new paper products. cardboard have been collected from 980 North Michigan since the program began in May. The program has saved 225 trees and 93,870 gallons of water. It has diverted more than 90 cubic yards of material from the landfill and has prevented 805 pounds of air pollutants from being released. success of this program. Continue to recycle, and don’t contaminate recycling with waste products. Marian Gibson Robert Taylor A countant with countant with

“I love taking walks in the Gold “I love taking walks in building Coast area. I love the to day- structures there. I like and own dream that I live there which unfor- one of those homes, tunately is not the case.” ager, looks east. “I like to go over ager, looks east. “I like both to the lakefront and walk north and south. To the north I’ll get past North Avenue. Going south, I’ve walked twice all the way to Navy Pier and actually Mortgage & Company into beautiful polished- wood and plexiglas sculptures. These four models, including the idea seen here, are on display (courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society) outside Levy’s offices in the 4th- floor elevator lobby. FOR

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In creating the eventual design for One Magnificent Mile, which opened in 1983, the architec- tural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill worked through many al- ternative concepts. Four serious contenders among these con- cepts were turned into three- dimensional models — in fact, EVER are many. as a ben-

ing. The options out of the build- works with when they step most like to go PTIONS rants efits coordinator. “I like to walk over to the ga- zebo right across the street, across Michigan and Oak. I’ll walk around there, in Levy Restau- Melva Alva- rado SERIOUSLY

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warm weather comes the ITH THE ARRIVAL ANY desire to get outside. We asked MORE IBSON Magnificent Mile where they

several people who work at One G his spring, building management Working with our waste and Every tenant is supplied with a AKING M that park, and just do a lot of people watching — the people coming over there like me to en- joy the grass and garden, and the people coming to and from Oak Street Beach. It’s quiet and relax- ing, and I’m by myself and having my ‘me’ time during the day.” T

resolved to implement an initiative to restructure the building’s waste and recycling services. The goal was to provide our tenants with a more convenient, active recycling program that reduces waste and maximizes the building’s positive environmental impact. recycling vendors, Premier Waste & Recycling and Recycling Services, Inc., we developed a program stressing both the streamlining of material collection and tenant involvement. deskside recycling container and T HE ARIAN T M

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