I hope you had the opportunity to watch the Kick off to COLBA —-Tenant Rep vs. Landlord —All Women Event. These gals did a fab job! In case you missed it, you can watch on YouTube: Thanks to 155 N. Wacker for sponsoring. Thank you for supporting COLBA! Looking forward to our next COLBA event […]

The COLBA Board was excited to invite back Economist, Andrew Busch, on June 4 for a virtual webinar: Chaos to Confidence During a Time of Economic Stress How to Overcome, Adapt and Thrive!  The webinar was a great continuation of the January “Hope for our Economy” discussion.  At the January luncheon, in answer to a question about “black […]

On May 5th, COLBA held a Virtual Fiesta to celebrate Cinco de Mayo! Margaritas were required! The COLBA Board, led by Señor Maz, exchanged their thoughts from the Landlord Side (Greg Tait and Brian Atkinson) and the  Tenant Side (Aaron Schuster and Corby Marx) perspectives during a colorful Happy Hour. COLBA donated $500 to Feeding America and $500 to GCFD. View […]

How long have you been a member of COLBA? 15ish years What do you appreciate most about COLBA membership?  The camaraderie with other industry veterans and old-timers, and the pontificating and bloviating of many outstanding COLBA presidents over the years Tell us about your CRE background:  Seen it all and done it all on the […]

Here is a synopsis from Andrew Busch from yesterday’s event. The goal is to move from the chaos that’s occurring today to have confidence in the future. We do this via using the simple planetary model of the economy to understand what’s happened in the past, what’s happening now and what may happen in the […]

COLBA kicked off 2019 with a fabulous lunch event at 55 W. Monroe. 55 W Monroe has a lot of exciting new features including… Brand New Spec Suites Brand New Conference Center and Tenant Lounge Upcoming Fitness Center Updates Master negotiator Chris Voss spoke to a packed house on his famous negotiation skills and how […]