Thursday, June 25, 2020 Virtual Event Together We Can Take Hunger Off the Table
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PRESENTED BY MEDIA SPONSOR BENEFITING Thursday, June 25, 2020 Virtual Event TOGETHER WE CAN TAKE HUNGER OFF THE TABLE. Every day, the Greater Chicago Food Depository works to provide food for those in need today and eliminate the root causes of hunger. We do it with the steadfast help of more than 700 partners. And supporters like you. You can help. Together we are Greater. chicagosfoodbank.org/greater 2 GREETINGS FROM THE FOOD DEPOSITORY GREETINGS FROM THE EVENT CHAIR Dear Friends: Greetings: On behalf of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, On behalf of Vice Chair Tom Jaros, Executive welcome to the 32nd Annual Chicago Commercial Chair Margie Baran, our incredible and Real Estate Awards. dedicated steering committee and myself, While we are gathering from afar this year, I am no I would like to welcome you to the 32nd less inspired by the remarkable people, companies and projects we are celebrating tonight. The impact Greater Chicago Food Depository Real you and your peers make on our great city is more Estate Awards. important than ever before. What an honor to be a part of this amazing dinner dedicated to In early March, the week before we intended to host this event in person, the helping the underserved members of our community. We have an serious reality of COVID-19 began to sink in across Chicago and Illinois. We opportunity to ease the plight of those less fortunate than ourselves postponed the event for safety, but even at that point, none of us could have with the gift of food and the gift of hope. Few of us have known foreseen how nearly every element of our lives would change so quickly. what it is like to worry about our next meal and astonishingly 1 in The need for food in our community has grown at a record pace. Across our 6 individuals in our community live with that fear. Tonight we come network of food pantries, we are serving 90% more people than we were in January. So far, we have been able to respond and meet this need, thanks in together to make a difference – this challenge requires us to take part to the generosity of so many in the commercial real estate industry. action and acknowledge the idea that one hungry individual is too many. We are living in a very uncertain time. I know this uncertainty has affected Chicago’s commercial real estate community as much as any sector. But in The pioneers of this event recognized many years ago that we recent months, I have heard directly from so many of you, asking what else can raise money for a great cause and celebrate the commercial you can do to help the Food Depository meet the rising need. I am humbled by real estate community in one night. I applaud their vision and your commitment and your selflessness. dedication – and yet we are still struggling with hunger in Chicago Since 1989, the Chicago Commercial Real Estate Awards Dinner has raised – and that is just not acceptable. more than $20 million for the Food Depository’s mission. The continued generosity of the people and companies in this industry has resulted in tens of Tonight, we recognize the best in our industry – as we have millions of meals for our neighbors facing hunger. done since 1989 – with awards and adulation. Each of you I extend my gratitude to everyone who made tonight possible despite the are to be congratulated for your amazing accomplishments challenges. In particular, I would like to thank the event chair, Mark Dillon and contributions to the level of professionalism that Chicago is and vice-chair Tom Jaros. I would also like to thank the entire steering known for. You are the best in class. The Greater Chicago Food committee and our generous sponsors. The impact of your hard work and your Depository Award itself has become an emblematic symbol of commitment will resonate far beyond this evening. excellence and is proudly displayed in offices across the city. I still believe Chicago is the greatest city in the world, thanks in part to the commercial real estate industry. And there is no group I would rather have by I would also like to personally thank the Events Team at the our side as we work through the greatest challenge of our lifetimes. Greater Chicago Food Depository including Paul Le Beau, Jessica On behalf of everyone at the Greater Chicago Food Depository and Yung, Sara Steinkamp and Jill Zimmerman. Their leadership and the people we serve, I thank you for 32 amazing years of the Chicago inspiration was invaluable to this amazing event. Commercial Real Estate Awards. Until the day we can safely raise a toast in Sincerely, person, I am honored to celebrate you from afar. The challenges ahead of us are great, but together we are Greater. Sincerely, Mark Dillon Event Chair Kate Maehr Director of Business Development Executive Director and CEO Corporate Concepts Greater Chicago Food Depository 3 4 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS PRESENTING SPONSOR MEDIA SPONSOR COCKTAIL RECEPTION SPONSORS BROWN BAG SPONSOR VIP RECEPTION SPONSOR REGISTRATION SPONSOR ADDITIONAL SPONSORS 5 TABLE SUPPORTERS 32ND ANNIVERSARY – 100,000 MEAL CLUB PATRON – 18,000 MEAL CLUB Avison Young GREC Architects Office Revolution Beacon Capital Partners Hartshorne Plunkard Pancor Construction/St. BEAR Construction Architecture Charles Trading BentallGreenOak / Haworth Parenti & Raffaelli 200 West Madison / HED Performance Contracting, Transwestern Henricksen Inc. BIG Construction Herman Miller Perkins and Will BENEFACTOR – 39,000 MEAL CLUB BOS Hines Power Construction BOX Studios Hines - 321 N Clark REX Electric & Bridge Development HKS Inc Technologies Brookfield Properties HNI Global Riverside Development Burke, Warren, MacKay, Interior Construction SEIU Local 1 & Serritella, P.C Group Skender Construction Chicago Title Insurance Interior Investments Spaceco, Inc. Clark Construction Irvine Company Sterling Bay Company LLC Ivanhoe Cambridge Syska Hennessy Group, Clayco Jacob & Hefner Inc. Clune Construction Associates, Inc. Taft Stettinius & Hollister Colliers International James McHugh LLP ConopCo Construction Co. Teknion Corporate Concepts John Hancock RE / The John Buck Company Cresa Manulife Investment The McShane Cushman & Wakefield Management Companies Dentons KBS Realty The Walsh Group Development Solutions Leopardo Thomas Interiors DIRTT/Accelerate Levenfeld Pearlstein Tishman Speyer Eastdil Secured LG Construction Titan Electric Eastlake Studios Lincoln Property Trammell Crow Company Company FRIEND –9,600 MEAL CLUB EQ Office/Willis Tower Union Investment Real Maron Electric Company Estate ESD 11 Million Acres, LLC Glass Solutions Oxford Capital Group, MB Real Estate Urban Innovations EWP Architects ABM Global Furniture Group LLC/Oxford Hotels & McCaffery Vornado Realty Trust Resorts, LLC Executive Construction Accend Construction Helios Construction ML Realty Partners White & Case LLP Services Pappageorge Haymes Foundation Admiral Heating & Mortenson Whitney Inc. Vent., Inc Integrated Specialty Parkside Realty FGM Architects Murphy Development Wight & Company ARCO/Murray Contractors Peak Construction Fifth Third Bank Group Ascher Brothers Co., Inc. Inter Ocean Cabinet Ryan Companies US Gibson Electric Co., Inc. Wright Heerema NAI Hiffman Architects Blue Star Properties Company Sheppard Mullin Richter Glenstar Nelson Byline Bank Interface Flor & Hampton Goettsch Partners Newmark Knight Frank Draper and Kramer Interior Architects Shorenstein Properties Gould & Ratner DW Hammer J.C. Anderson Solomon Cordwell Buenz Environment Mechanical Jenner & Block LLC Spear Street Capital Services, Inc Kimberly-Clark Steelcase Epstein Professional Summit Design + Build FCL Builders Krusinski Construction Ted Moudis Associates First American Title Marc Realty The Hill Group Insurance Company Morgan Harbour Unispace Flooring Resources Construction USA Fire Protection Corporation Much Shelist, P.C. V3 Companies GEI Consultants Next Realty, LLC Veritiv Glass Concepts Nixon Peabody Ware Malcomb Norcon Inc 6 Help your company take home the Brown Bag trophy! Donate to the Telos Brown Bag Challenge by June 30! Text BAG to 91999 now to give. SPECIAL THANK YOU Thanks to those who have gone above and beyond to make this year’s event an incredible success. Margie Baran, JLL Tom Jaros, Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC Caroline Colon, The Telos Group LLC Jamie Kishel, Cushman & Wakefield Mariah DiGrino, DLA Piper LLP Emily Marquardt, The Telos Group LLC Mark Dillon, Corporate Concepts Corey McPherrin, Fox 32 Mary Esche, Whitney Inc. Tony Smaniotto, Pepper Construction Nelson Francis, Clune Construction Sara Spicklemire, CBRE Lee Golub, Golub & Company 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thank you to all those who generously donated their time and expertise behind the scenes. EVENT CHAIR EVENT VICE-CHAIR BLUE RIBBON PANEL CHAIR Mark Dillon Tom Jaros Mariah DiGrino Corporate Concepts Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC DLA Piper LLP EVENT STEERING COMMITTEE Margie Baran, Executive Chair, JLL Molly Ellingsen, Herman Miller Danny Nikitas, Avison Young Javid Aboutorabi, Clark Construction Mary Esche, Whitney Inc. Rachel O’Keefe, Buildout Tom Berarducci, Colliers International Nelson Francis, Clune Construction Brian Quigley, Conor Commercial Michael Berger, GREC Architects David Hopwood, JLL Real Estate Brian Brodeur, The Onni Group Sarah Jakubowski Maraccini, Whitney Inc. Krista Sakamuri, Solomon Cordwell Buenz Isaac Chinwalla, BIG Construction, LLC Kurt Karnatz, ESD Robert Sevim, Savills Studley Andy Christensen, Partners by Design Jamie Kishel, Cushman & Wakefield Todd Siegel, CBRE Shawn Clark, CRG Micah Larmie, Transwestern Sheila Sipes, CBRE Caroline Colnon, The