CBD Getting New Park Spaces

The new park is accessible to both tenants and the public.

CHICAGO-Accesso Partners LLC has just completed a ‘pocket park’ with seating for 50 between its 200 and 230 W. Monroe office towers, newly renamed Monroe Plaza. The company has begun the second phase of upgrades to the 1.2 million square foot property, and the new park is a good example of the kinds of amenities CBD landlords now use to attract discerning tenants.  

The non-smoking park, also called Monroe Plaza, is just off the sidewalk and open to tenant employees and the public “to relax, meet, have lunch and perhaps collaborate on new ideas,” says Ariel Bentata, Accesso’s co-founder and managing partner-investments. “We’ve been able to bring a 3000 square foot dead space between the buildings back to life, beautify a portion of West Monroe and make a contribution to the cityscape.”