Landscape Design & Installation Advice

As an industrial property facility manager, you have many concerns and tasks on your to-do list.

Employee traffic and deliveries during rush hour are also involved, as is managing highly used common areas and entryways. In addition, you have to maintain many concrete and turf areas and stormwater runoff.

Moreover, you have to keep the facility operating through winter weather. Industrial work doesn’t get snow days, so you have to ensure employees and deliveries can easily move in and out.

This is particularly true in an area like Oak Brook, Illinois, where light snowfall can turn into winter flurries in a second, causing nasty conditions — everything from feet of snow to icy walkways and roadways.

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Creating an aesthetically pleasing commercial landscape in Greater Chicago can greatly impact your business.

It can improve your image and reputation in the local community, create a more welcoming environment to help you draw in new tenants, customers, or guests, and even set your property up for competitive success in your market.

Part of a great commercial landscape design is creating areas for privacy.

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Commercial spaces are the backbones of thriving communities in Greater Chicago.

Office parks and industrial facilities are where people work and innovate. Homeowners’ associations are where people live in their cozy homes, making memories and connecting with their neighbors. Healthcare facilities are where people get well. Retail centers are where people shop. Parks and public spaces in municipalities help shape community ties in neighborhoods and facilitate interaction with nature and with others, as well as improve the local environment.

Commercial landscape design in Greater Chicago is an important part of making these spaces look good, function well and deliver all of the necessary benefits these outdoor spaces can offer the people who use them.

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If you manage an office park in Greater Chicago, you know you want to be competitive and attract and retain great businesses.

Just as your interior is essential to your corporate campus clients, so is your exterior. Your landscape must reflect a professional and positive brand — whether sleek and modern, natural and eco-friendly, or traditional and formal.

The right plant selection, hardscape materials, and design elements can create a cohesive look that aligns with your building’s architecture and image.

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Everybody thinks about flowers out front as a way to spruce up a commercial property. Still, when it comes to attracting attention, increasing customers, and boosting positive perception, you have to think bigger.

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Eco-friendly commercial landscaping is more than just a trend in Greater Chicago. You might even say it’s part of the future of commercial property management.

Environmental concerns and cost efficiency drive this shift toward sustainable and low-maintenance landscaping.

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Greater Chicago snowstorms can be pretty intense.

In fact, in January 2025, the polar vortex brought us some of the coldest weather on record with sub-zero temperatures and wind chills as low as negative 35 degrees Fahrenheit.

Not only did this lead to wet and slick roads full of ice, but flurries also piled up the snow.

Moments like this that last a few days or weeks can wreak havoc on your Greater Chicago commercial property.

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As a condominium or homeowners’ association (HOA) property manager, you have more than your fair share of concerns.

From the daily traffic of homeowners coming in and out of your neighborhood as they travel to school and work, to managing common areas and addressing individual questions and requests, to ensuring that property amenities are well-maintained and accessible, it can be easy for your commercial landscape maintenance in Greater Chicago to become overwhelming.

However, a top-notch, attractive HOA is important if you want to continue attracting new homeowners to your site and retain the ones you have, keeping complaints to a minimum.

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As a commercial property manager of a hotel, event center, or hospitality facility in Greater Chicago, you want people to choose your property for their meetings, gatherings, or vacations.

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In winter in Greater Chicago, you can’t let the people who frequent your commercial facility down.

Large piles of snow and thick sheets of ice can be incredibly unsafe. In fact, Chicago can average 28.1 inches of snow and an average temperature of 26.4 degrees Fahrenheit each year, with the winds from Lake Michigan making it feel colder.

The area occasionally gets polar vortex conditions, like in 2019, when temperatures dropped to negative 21 degrees with a wind chill of negative 51 degrees.

Situations like this can cause a lot of ice to form, leading to a lot of slipping and falling, accidents, or building maintenance issues on your commercial site. No one needs liability concerns like this.

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