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Gartner Takes 74K SF at Chicago’s River North Point

Equity Office signed a 74,450-square-foot lease with Gartner, Inc. at River North Point, a 1.3-million-square-foot mixed-use property in Chicago. The Stamford, CT-based research and advisory company will be moving its Midwest operations to 350 North Orleans St. later this summer.

Gartner’s 650 employees will occupy two floors in a relocation from its current location at 200 West Jackson. The move is a result of Gartner’s 2017 acquisition of CEB, and is part of an effort to consolidate and unite the two companies’ Midwest operations.

“Our redevelopment and transformation of River North Point is creating a modern employment hub with an unbeatable combination of amenities, location and floorplates – where employees want to be,” said David Moore of Equity Office, Blackstone’s U.S. office portfolio company.

JLL’s Matt Carolan and Christine Bower represented the tenant. CBRE’s Mike Kazmierczak, Ron Lakin and Ellen Zalatoris represented the landlord.

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About Dennis Kaiser

Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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