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Bear Construction Company has been servicing clients in the Chicagoland market since 1984. Over our 25 year history we have completed more than 10,000 projects in the medical, institutional tenant build-out and technology fields. A few of our recent clients include CareerBuilder, AT&T, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Olympic Oil, Marriott Hotels, Charles Schwab and Resurrection Health Care. Bear has remained successful because of our ability to satisfy clients big and small. Our 36,000 square foot office/warehouse in Rolling Meadows houses our team of 19 project managers experienced in all facets of construction from Pre-construction services to Design / Build. Bear Construction Company employs an office support staff of 25 as well as over 75 superintendents, carpenters and laborers. These dedicated individuals allow us to react quickly to our clients’ needs, project schedules and provides for a seamless construction experience.

Corporate Concepts is not your average furniture dealership. We’re a 28 year-old certified WBE (Women’s Business Enterprise) Knoll dealership and one of the true leaders in our industry. Working on behalf of the Architectural and Design communities our team of career professionals at Corporate Concepts have produced thousands of award winning interior projects including notable companies such as: Jenner & Block, Seyfarth & Shaw, Miller/Coors, Boeing, UBS, Hewitt Associates, United Airlines, and The Boston Consulting Group. From a single chair inquiry to supplying an entire campus with furnishings, Corporate Concepts is the simple answer. Services include: product solutions, warehousing, installation, re-upholstery, decommissioning, and electrostatic painting. For more information please call or e-mail Mark Dillon at 847.456.7459 / mdillon AT corpconc DOT com.


The Chicago office was established in 2006 and is now under the direction of Allen Rogoway, Bradley Metzger, Sheila Matuscak and Mark Montana. In addition to meeting the needs of numerous local tenants, we service the commercial real estate needs of our national clients: Clorox, American Family Insurance, Hub Group, and Turtle Wax. With 50 North American offices, over 700 employees and a complete line of fully-integrated corporate real estate services exclusively for tenants, CresaPartners is now the largest exclusive tenant representation and corporate services firm in North America.




Gary Lee Partners is an interiors firm specializing in the planning and design of corporate, law firm, consulting, venture capital, and creative workspaces. Our design team helps clients make well informed, strategic decisions today that enable them to accommodate changing needs over the next twenty years. In Chicago, our recent clients include Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, YMCA of the USA, The Boston Consulting Group, Chicago Sun-Times, GTCR, Winston & Strawn, and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois.


Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE) is one of the largest and most respected commercial real estate services and investment companies in the world. Our 6,000 professionals in more than 100 company-owned and affiliate offices draw from a unique platform of real estate services, practice groups and investment products to deliver comprehensive, integrated solutions to real estate owners, tenants and investors. The firm’s transaction, management, consulting and investment services are supported by highly regarded proprietary market research and extensive local expertise. Through its investment subsidiaries, the company is a leading sponsor of real estate investment programs that provide individuals and institutions the opportunity to invest in a broad range of real estate investment vehicles, including public non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), mutual funds and other real estate investment funds. For more information, visit www.grubb-ellis.com.


Henricksen has been a preeminent provider of furniture-based business solutions, nationwide, for 50 years. Our strong team of professionals works to provide an exceptionally broad scope of products and services for furnishing the total office environment. Henricksen represents more than 200 manufacturers of quality contract furniture, flooring, lighting, and related products. Our size and history with manufacturers such as Allsteel, Gunlocke, and Dirtt, enable us to secure favorable terms of our clients. The company also has a GSA contract, which allows us to meet the office furniture needs of federal government agencies. Henricksen prides itself on understanding our clients’ business and guiding them toward informed furniture decisions, providing “best in class” service.


Our focus: innovative, cost-effective solutions for commercial, data center, and industrial tenants. Our ability to source, evaluate, and implement complex transactions within a short period of time is one of our competitive advantages. Strategy, service, and integrity have defined our firm since its inception in 1978. In the global world of commercial real estate, we are a rare firm that is 100 percent dedicated to tenant representation.


Regus is the world’s largest provider of workplace solutions, offering the widest range of products and services that allow individuals and companies to work however, wherever, and whenever they need to.
Regus operates over 1100 Business centers across 500 cities in 85 countries. Products and services include fully furnished, equipped and staffed offices, world-class business support services, meeting conference and training facilities and the largest network of public videoconference rooms all serving over 200,000 clients daily.
Regus also supports the growing trend of mobile and home working. Supporting workers at home and on the road, with services such as Virtual Office and Virtual PA providing dedicated business addresses as their business base as well as mail and call handling services. Regus also operates business centers in airports and other commercial hubs to serve clients wherever they find themselves working.
Companies of all sizes use Regus solutions to reduce costs and remove the burden of property ownership and management and to have a workplace to suit however they want to work. For more information please contact Meaghan at 312.752.6086.


Skender Interiors Group LLC, a business unit of Skender Construction, is comprised of the most respected interior construction and renovation professionals in Chicago. From corporate spaces to data centers, Skender delivers projects with large firm sophistication with small firm customer service & attitude. Their trademark service and commitment to excellence has made them one of the largest interiors contractors in the Midwest.


Founded in 1986, Sterling Bay Companies is a Chicago-based real estate investment and development company with expertise in the acquisition, financing, construction, leasing, and management of commercial property across a broad spectrum of asset size and type. Our senior professionals bring over 75 years of relevant industry-specific expertise to the firm; an average of over 14 years each as members of the Chicago real estate community.


Turner Special Projects Division (SPD) engages in many types of renovation, tenant build-out, addition and new construction projects consisting of commercial offices, corporate headquarters, trading firm space, law space, data centers, telecommunications, healthcare facilities, R & D facilities and education facilities that range from 5,000 sq. ft. to over a million sq. ft. Our professional services include general construction, construction management, estimating, program management, preconstruction, project management and feasibility studies. Our clients benefit from our local market knowledge, national resources, service, commitment, and attention to quality that is unparalleled in the industry. In Chicago, the variety and range of Turner SPD’s building renovation and interior construction projects is extensive and is attributable to our exceptional staff. The greatest testimony to Turner’s quality and service approach is the fact that 70 percent of our business is with repeat clients.