Landscape Design & Installation Advice

As a property manager of an industrial or warehouse facility, you have more than your fair share of concerns.

An industrial facility, with its vast turf expanses, regular deliveries, and employee traffic, is a special environment. From large concrete areas to regular foot and vehicle traffic to rain runoff, these outdoor areas can take a beating.

Landscaping can be tough in this environment, but it is a big part of creating a positive, welcoming, professional-looking appearance. What does that mean for you, as the property manager? You have to stay on top of landscape-related issues.

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When it comes to commercial property management, every detail matters—from the outdoor break areas at your office park to the parking lots and entryways at your retail center to the safe pathways leading to your industrial site to the amenities at your HOA.

Everything, including curb appeal, tenant satisfaction, and an attractive and well-groomed exterior, is essential for success. That’s the same for solar farms as it is for any of these other types of commercial properties.

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When you manage a commercial property in Greater Chicago, you want to ensure you have all of your bases covered, including the landscaping and outdoor areas.

Maybe you take care of a retail facility and want to ensure it’s accessible for shoppers, providing great aesthetics, comfortable lounging areas, and convenient parking.

Or you might manage a hospital or industrial site that needs safety, security, and easy navigation.

You may even maintain an office park where you have to ensure the property is functional and accessible during work hours and provide some great lunch, meeting, or alternative work spots.

Whatever type of site you manage, you will need commercial landscape maintenance. And as you compare bids from various companies and think about signing contracts, you may be worried about what you’re getting yourself into with different landscape contract terminology or commercial landscape terms and conditions.

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As a property manager, do you know what happens while your landscape company is at your commercial facility, polishing up your site and making it functional and beautiful?

You likely know they mow and trim, as well as weed or fertilizer, but what else do they do, and how do they leave the place when they are finished?

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You want your commercial property in Greater Chicago to look great all year long.

And when you are making plans for improvement, you don’t want to have to wait – especially when you have the budget dollars to get the job done.

But summer’s high temperatures and drought can put a damper on your plans.

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Cemeteries aren’t just resting places for the departed. They are sanctuaries of peace, reflection, and remembering for the living. Families visit to pay their respects, seek solace, and connect with others. This solemn atmosphere at a cemetery is important for showing people the proper respect regarding those who have passed away.

This is why maintaining the beauty and tranquility of a cemetery cannot be taken lightly. Cemetery landscape maintenance requires ongoing attention and care to ensure these spaces remain inviting.

Let’s talk about why cemetery landscaping is important and discuss the main cemetery groundskeeping options a project manager should consider when planning and caring for these types of spaces in Greater Chicago.

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Sure, Chicago summers can get hot with average temperatures between 78 degrees and 92 degrees Fahrenheit, heat radiating off of concrete surfaces, air conditioning blasting, sweat dripping off your brow the moment you walk outside. You get the picture.

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Sure, weeds are easy to spot in your Greater Chicago commercial lawn. They stick out with their nasty, spiky, mismatched shapes that look markedly different from your nice, even, thick lawn.

But lawn diseases are another story altogether. The right weather conditions can bring them about without warning. Most of the diseases out there resemble patchy or irregularly shaped spots in your lawn, which are symptoms that are hard to distinguish from other problems. For all you know, those marks could be from drought.

If you're in the business of maintaining commercial lawns in the Windy City, you know that keeping those green spaces looking pristine is no easy task.

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