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CHICAGO—The Chicago Office Leasing Brokers Association held a luncheon on Feb. 22 at The Rookery, 209 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago. Approximately 100 guests attended the event, which featured Chicago City Treasurer Kurt Summers as the keynote. The owners of the Rookery also invited Karin Kraai and Jon Cordell, senior managing directors in the Chicago office of Newmark Grubb Knight and Frank, to speak about the building's available office space, upgraded amenities, and the property's history and future. Built in 1886 by Burnham & Root, Frank Lloyd Wright redesigned the building's lobby in 1905. Today, it has a bike room with men's and women's showers, new restrooms with five-star hotel grade finishes, new spec suites and full-floor open spaces offering efficient and flexible work environments. “The Rookery is the world's first steel skyscraper that anchored the Chicago plan so it is exciting to bring the interiors to 2017 in a historic shell, especially when there is space available for the first time in a decade,” says Cordell.
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Brian J. Rogal
Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
