Cubs won the World Series. People decided to share(office) space. Trump was elected. Britain exited, and McDonald’s is moving downtown. There have been historical moments, high-profile leases deals, sub(urban)izing, and new standards of office amenities that are shaping the workplaces future. Some of them might surprise you — or maybe not. Either way, consider this your crash course for 2016, a year-in-review of the greatest moments in Chicago focused on commercial real estate, workplace, market trends, and in pop-culture.

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10 Top
Ten Lists
2016
Cubs won the World Series. People decided to share (office) space.
Trump was elected. Britain exited, and McDonald’s is moving
downtown. There were historical moments, high-profile leasing
deals, sub(urban)izing and new standards of office amenities that
are shaping the future of the workplace. Some of them may have
surprised you—or maybe not. Either way, consider this your
crash course for 2016, a year-in-review of Chicago’s best
moments, focused on commercial real estate, workplace,
market trends and pop culture.
1. McDonald’s
2. CNA Financial
3. Echo Global
Logistics
4. Cars.com
5. Constellation
Brands
6. Wilson
Sporting Goods
7. Beam Suntory
8. Sidley Austin
9. Anchor Bolt
Capital
10. Glassdoor
1. Beyonce’s,
“Lemonde”
2. Leo’s
Oscar win
3. Sean Penn
interviews El
Chapo
4. Hamilton
5. RIP, Harambe
6. Passing of
sports
& music
legends
7. Samsung’s
Galaxy Note 7
goes up
in flames
1. 1K Fulton
2. Old Main Post
Office
3. Tribune Tower
4. 123 N Wacker
5. Loft
Development
Portfolio
6. Commerce
Plaza (Suburbs)
7. 3 Overlook
Point (Suburbs)
8. Mid America
Plaza (Suburbs)
9. Woodfield
Preserve Office
Center (Suburbs)
10. Riverway
Complex
(Suburbs)
Defining lease
transactions
(suburbs)
Major developements
that broke ground
Major Chicago
headlines
Landmarksaletransactions
(downtownandthesuburbs)
Defininglease
transactions(downtown)
Things that
SURPRISED
us all
Trends
in the
Chicago
market
What’s “in”
at the
workplace
1. U.S. Cellular
2. Paylocity
3. Citicorp
4. Verizon
5. AIM Specialty
6. Wilton Brands
7. True Value
8. Keyence
9. Ensono
10. Vyaire
1. President Trump
2. Brexit
3. Cubs winning
the World Series
4. Brad &
Angelina
call it quits
5. A.Finkl Site
sold to Sterling Bay
6. Facebook Live
7. 347.3% growth of
WeWork in Chicago
8. OPEC cuts oil
9. The Old Main
Post Office sold
10. Office Loft
sells for
higher $/PSF
than Wacker
Drive Tower
4. Riverline Chicago
5. 345 Park Blvd -
AAP’s new HQ
6. Vista Tower
7. The Residences at
Hamilton Lakes
8. One Bennett Park
9. 85 Northwest
Point Blvd
10. Illume
Chicago
Recent
renovations
& new office
amenities
1. 151 N Franklin
2. 110 N Carpenter -
McDonald’s HQ
3. 625 W Adams
1. Open plan
2. Unique collaboration spaces
3. Virtual reality
4. Health & wellness
5. Technology-enabled
6. Employee happiness
7. Natural light & plants
8. Exposed ceilings
9. Mobility &
flexibility
10. Sharing
(space)
8. The
mannequin
challenge
9. Pokemon Go’s
summer craze
10. The Final Five
won gold at the
Rio Olympics
1. Revival Food Hall
125 S Clark
2. 11th floor Rooftop
Deck Prudential Plaza
3. Golf Simulator
222 S Riverside
4. Marble Staircase
The Mart
5. Rooftop Deck
1K Fulton
6. Dog-friendly
One North LaSalle
7. Apple Store (UC)
401 N Michigan
8. Basketball court
500 W Madison
9. Juice Bar
Zurich’s new HQ
10. Lobby
Renovation
The Franklin
1. CoWorking
is hot
2. Built-for-me
in the suburbs
3. Fulton Market
frenzy
4. Developments
raising the bar
Downtown
5. Big renewals
in the suburbs
6. Series C
funding for
many Chicago
Tech firms
7. Urbanizing
the suburbs
8. Office amenities
on a new level
9. Suburban
Migration
10. Comeback in
the East Loop
1. Operating
cranes in CBD
hits 8-year high
2. Cubs parade
ranked as 7th
largest gathering
of humankind
3. Obama selected
Jackson Park for
Presidential Library
4. A.Finkl Site
purchased by
Sterling Bay
5. Sidley renewed
6. Old Main Post
Office sold to
601W Berkeley’s
7. JLL finishes
HQ Renovation
8. 25.0 million sf
renovated in the
CBD since 2011
9. Zurich’s techy
regional HQ
opens
10. SMS Assist
reached
Unicorn Status
Defining moments
in pop culture