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Chicago & Midwest  + Downtown  + Office  |  September 2, 2021
The City of Chicago's newly released The newly released Energy Benchmarking Report revealed a 25% reduction in carbon emissions by properties greater than 50,000 square feet
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Savills Bolsters Workplace Practice Group with Three Key Hires

Savills has boosted its Workplace Practice Group with industry experts Marty Festenstein and Surabhi Raman as senior managing directors and Tonya Williams as managing director. Festenstein is based in Chicago, while Raman is based in Northern California and Williams is in Houston. 

Festenstein brings more than 25 years ‘ award-winning design experience to Savills. He joins the firm from Nelson Worldwide, where he served as principal and chair of the global design firm’s legal workplace practice. 

Raman has managed projects and strategic workplace initiatives around the globe and brings more than 20 years’ experience to Savills. Before Savills, Raman served as the projects sub-regional lead for the Google campus at CBRE and led JLL’s workplace consulting practice for Southeast Asia. 

Williams has more than a decade of experience in corporate office design and joins Savills from CBRE. Previously, she was the global lead advisor on the firm’s ExxonMobil account. 

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).
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