In the Greater Chicago retail landscape, first impressions are everything.
As a retail property manager, you understand that the exterior of your property is more than just a backdrop. It serves as a strategic asset that directly influences customer behavior, tenant satisfaction, and your bottom line.
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Nothing adds color and order to a commercial landscape like a layer of fresh mulch.
And even though mulch certainly makes everything look better, property-boosting aesthetics aren’t mulch’s only benefits.
Mulch helps soil retain moisture, suppresses weed growth in landscape beds, acts as a great insulator to keep temperatures consistent, and even helps prevent soil compaction by breaking down and adding nutrients.
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Winter can do quite a number on your Greater Chicago commercial landscape.
Whether you manage an office park, multifamily housing complex, industrial facility, retail hub, hospital, warehouse, or HOA, your commercial landscape will likely experience some of Old Man Winter’s wrath … and the resulting leftovers come springtime.
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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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