Location:  Chicago, IL
Project Size:  60,775 Square Feet
Date Completed:  December 2003

Due to an upcoming lease expiration along with high growth, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff requested our pre-lease expertise. We worked with their real estate consultant to study 18 different buildings in the downtown area for a potential relocation.

To begin the process, we assisted the project team in issuing an electronic space evaluation survey to all attorneys and staff. The results informed the space planning process and were also critical to the design phase. Some unique discoveries included the need for a fitness center and an "upbeat" and "more modern than traditional" design concept.

Through space planning studies, we continued to assist in the real estate analysis by narrowing the options to a shortlist of four buildings. We also analyzed the importance of grouping paralegals and lines of practice.

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff ultimately decided to renew and expand in their current location, implementing several of the progressive law firm planning concepts in a complete floor by floor renovation.