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Irvine Co. Leases Nearly 150K SF at Chicago’s Iconic 71 South Wacker

Irvine Company Office Properties executed nearly 150,000 square feet of leasing at Chicago’s 71 S. Wacker in Chicago. The two deals include Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., which signed a full floor lease, and Milliman, which expanded its current lease at the 48-story iconic downtown trophy tower.

Irvine Company Office Properties’ Greg Tait says, “The number of prominent companies showing interest in 71 S. Wacker speaks volumes about the prestige of the building.”

Banner & Witcoff, a nationally renowned intellectual property law firm, will take 33,249 square feet at 71 S. Wacker in a relocation from 10 S. Wacker this fall. Todd Lippman and Cal Wessman of CBRE represented the tenant.

Leading independent actuarial and consulting firm, Milliman, expanded its occupancy to 116,696 square feet. June Simonian of Transwestern advised the tenant.

JLL’s Brad Despot, Annie Nicolau, and Mark Georgas represented the landlord in both deals.

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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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