Kevin has deep roots in the Chicagoland area, growing up in Plainfield and now residing in Naperville. He holds a degree in Ornamental Horticulture from the University of Illinois and serves on the board for the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association (ILCA). Since KD's inception in 1998, Kevin has loved creating outdoor environments to match the lifestyles of thousands of customers. In his spare time, you can find him spending time on the water with his wife, daughter, son, and labradoodle.
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An industrial facility with its vast turf expanses and regular deliveries and employee traffic is a special environment.
Landscaping can take a beating in this environment. But it is a big part of creating a positive, welcoming, professional-looking appearance.
What does that mean for you if you are the property manager? You have to stay on top of landscape-related issues.
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A commercial facility can be bustling with activity. Whether it’s employees heading into an office park or customers visiting a retail center, commercial properties in Greater Chicago experience significant foot and vehicle traffic every day.
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Industrial properties in Greater Chicago are busy places.
Employees, customers, and equipment are constantly moving at these buildings with expansive parking lots and hectic loading docks. These repetitive comings and goings are what drive these businesses' success.
But just because your commercial site is busy doesn’t mean it can’t look clean, neat, and maintained with a landscape that welcomes people in and presents a positive and professional first impression.
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Winter in Greater Chicago brings freezing temperatures, shorter days, and lots of snow and ice.
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Trees can significantly enhance your Greater Chicago commercial property. Shade trees provide lush canopies, while flowering varieties add beautiful blooms and pleasant fragrances.
They attract attention and instantly improve your property’s curb appeal, making them ideal for entryways, pathways, outdoor gathering spots, relaxation areas, and seating zones.
However, not all trees are suitable for commercial properties in Greater Chicago.
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Winters in Greater Chicago often bring a wide range of weather conditions. One day might see a light dusting of snow, while the next could bring several inches of snow plus a thick layer of ice.
Controlling ice buildup and snowfall on your commercial property becomes a key part of your management tasks. Whether you oversee an educational institution, industrial site, healthcare facility, retail center, office park, or homeowners’ association, maintaining a neat appearance and, most importantly, ensuring visitor safety are essential.
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Managing stormwater presents a significant challenge for Greater Chicago's commercial properties each year.
This involves handling stormwater drainage and regularly maintaining detention ponds. Proper detention pond maintenance is crucial to prevent safety hazards, such as flooded parking areas, wet walkways, and soggy turf, and more severe issues like erosion.
For industrial properties in Greater Chicago with extensive hard surfaces, stormwater cannot infiltrate the concrete and must instead flow to lower areas.
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We might not be able to read your mind, but we bet if we looked at your Greater Chicago commercial property wishlist, dealing with water issues is likely a top priority.
A flooded parking lot at an industrial facility, office park, retail property, healthcare site, or school does more than cause soggy feet. It can negatively affect local water quality, cause erosion, chase away customers and give the entire property a bad name.
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In the Greater Chicago area, there’s a big difference between your commercial landscape in the bright, warm summer months and your commercial landscape during those bitter, cold winter months covered in snow and ice.
As your landscape goes through these cycles, it experiences quite a bit: a surge of growth, warm, dry days, transitions, freezes and thaws, and dormancy.
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While Greater Chicago industrial property managers may be focusing on getting their work done indoors, maintaining outdoor areas is important to the bottom line, too.
In fact, neglecting your industrial property landscaping can lead to problems outdoors that can increase repair costs, as well as renovation expenses.
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