For over eight years, the late Carol Lydecker showed Urban Innovations that the best employees are the ones who balance their career with a rich life outside work. To honor Carol as a friend, colleague and individual who lived her life with gusto and joy, Urban Innovations’ Chairman, Howard Conant, created the “Carol Lydecker Live Your Dream Enrichment Program.”

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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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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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.