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Urban Innovations' Featured EDF Case Study

January 7, 2015

In 2014, Urban Innovations partnered with EDF Climate Corps to help embed energy efficiency into the core of its operations. UI broke down barriers to energy optimization for its Class B commercial property portfolio resulting in 990,000 kWh in annual electricity reductions, $70,000 in annual cost savings, over $72,000 in immediate rebates and over 846 metric tons in greenhouse gas reductions.

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UI Finds Energy Savings with EDF Climate Corps

October 21, 2014

On October 21, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) announced the findings from EDF Climate Corps in Chicago, a program surfacing scalable energy solutions for multi-tenant commercial buildings in the city. Urban Innovations tasked its EDF Climate Corps fellow with developing an automated, capital budgeting tool that allowed UI to refine its budgeting process and drive significant energy and cost saving efforts.

Tech Firms Flooding River North

August 9, 2014

Urban Innovations has been a pioneer in the revitalization of River North since 1978. With the transformation of the neighborhood and evolution of office trends, River North is now home to an increasing amount of tech tenants.

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Mike Scilingo: Chicago’s a fantastic city from a real estate perspective

July 25, 2014

In an interview with Illinois Real Estate Journal, Urban Innovations’ president, Mike Scilingo, shared his passion for his hometown and career, as well as current updates in commercial real estate.

Sustainable Chicago – UI Partners with EDF Climate Corps

June 25, 2014

Urban Innovations started out in the adaptive reuse of loft buildings more than 30 years ago and currently manages eleven Class B properties totaling over 750,000 square feet. Embracing sustainable operations and practices has been a natural evolution for the company leading to six ENERGY STAR buildings and one that is LEED Certified. Taking their sustainable efforts a step further, Urban Innovations has signed on to work with an Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) Climate Corps fellow to dive deeper into their building portfolio’s energy performance.

Mike Scilingo, Executive Spotlight

June 24, 2014

Mike Scilingo, president at Urban Innovations, talks about the company’s unique viewpoint of its portfolio, its robust occupancy rates and environmental initiatives in a Q&A Executive Spotlight.

Up Close with Howard Conant

June 4, 2014

The founder and chairman of Urban Innovations, Howard Conant Jr., has been influencing the world of real estate for more than 35 years. Howard loves hearing “That can’t be done,” then proving the naysayers wrong. From revitalizing River North loft buildings to redeveloping Section 8 senior housing, Howard looks forward to many more opportunities and challenges of urban renewal.

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222 W Hubbard Awarded LEED Certification

November 12, 2013

In October 2013, the U.S Green Building Council awarded Urban Innovations’ 57,000 SF property at 222 West Hubbard Street LEED Core and Shell Certified, one of the first heavy timber loft office buildings in Chicago to earn the designation.

Women in CRE May Be Drawn to Social and Environmental Change

October 25, 2013

JoAnne Gottfried, Urban Innovations’ Vice President of Marketing, weighs in on the increasing number of women in Chicago real estate. “I’d like to think that one factor is the increasing realization that real estate development and management can be a powerful source of social and environmental change,” says Gottfried.

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Monica Makin a Fan of Chicago’s Multi-Family Market

October 3, 2013

Monica Makin, Vice President of Acquisitions and Asset Management of Urban Innovations, is a fan of Chicago’s multi-family market. The number of renters flocking to hot Chicago neighborhoods is still on the rise. And, as Monica says, there’s no sign yet of a slowdown in the city’s multi-family demand.

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