$536 million Parkview Regional Medical Center completed ahead of schedule and $11 million under budget Parkview Regional Medical Center (PRMC), a new 410-bed, 975,000-square-foot hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind. opened March 17. The Jones Lang LaSalle Project and Development Services team served as program manager and used proven collaborative healthcare best practices and program management experience to help realize multi-million dollar cost savings. Parkview Health and PRMC executives explain what was critical to their success.
	Creating real value: Technology roll-out and facility audits Multi-site Program Management When a retailer needs to install credit-card readers at thousands of locations or a restaurant chain wants to ensure compliance with new Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines at all its sites, Jones Lang LaSalle’s multi-site project management team provides cost controls and international consistency of delivery. VP Kevin Hughes describes how his team saved a client $4 million on a 9,000-store technology rollout.
	Creating real value: FHA Financing Healthcare Program Management Healthcare facilities face challenges right now due to the economy, declining reimbursements, low philanthropy and high interest rates. Charles Maggio, SVP of Jones Lang LaSalle, explains how an FHA mortgage program might be the solution and how the rigorous FHA application process can be simplified.
	Creating real value: Managing higher-education cost Educational project management Universities and colleges are finding new ways to finance infrastructure projects though public private partnerships. Brian Terrell, managing director of Jones Lang LaSalle, explains how creative financial structures can help an educational institution reduce cost, complete projects quickly and enhance their competitive position.
	Multi-Site Project Management Managing a global portfolio involves complexity. One challenge is managing the peaks and valleys of business needs across a geographically diverse portfolio. Setting expectations, speed of delivery, cost controls, quality controls, and communication are also challenges. A proven multi-site project management system, including the right platform of technology and people, can help a portfolio owner meet all those goals.
	Creating real value: Rebranding and Brand Program Management Multi-Site Program Management How are retailers and corporations aligning all aspects of their brand—from website and product design to real estate—with the customer experience and saving time and money? Adam Cook, VP at Jones Lang LaSalle, explains how retailers and corporations can overcome challenges, avoid pitfalls and uncover opportunities by partnering with a firm that offers a turnkey rebranding and brand program management solution.
	Managing energy retrofits at the Empire State Building Learn how Jones Lang LaSalle’s project management team helped the owners of the Empire State Building save millions on energy costs—making the “world’s most famous building” also one of the greenest.
	Creating real value: Managing industrial development projects Industrial project management Jones Lang LaSalle industrial project management specialists explain how companies that manufacture and distribute products are facing changes with their facilities. Learn how hiring a quality project manager to represent your interests in working with architects and contractors avoids costly mistakes and ensures on-time, on-budget delivery.
	Creating real value: Managing complex real estate projects Project and Development Services Why do you need a project manager? Because managing real estate is growing riskier than ever and organizations need someone who represents their interest in complex projects. Jones Lang LaSalle project managers and construction experts reveal how they help clients in various industries from healthcare to industrial to data centers and traditional corporate office spaces to manage their projects from design through construction and occupancy.
	Creating real value: Managing large-scale, multi-site projects Multi-Site Program Management Jones Lang LaSalle project managers and construction experts reveal how to reduce costs and manage internal resources in managing similar projects at multiple locations. A program involving hundreds or thousands of sites—a retail brand refresh, renovation, technology roll-out, facility or ADA survey or new construction—can be carried out faster and at lower cost through multi-site program management.
	Branding corporate real estate by Adam Cook, Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle CoreNet event speaker Adam Cook describes how corporate real estate has expanded beyond typical roles in finance, and real estate strategy and is now taking into account how a company’s brand is its currency today. Adam describes how DeVry turned its workplace into a brand advantage that helps the bottom line.
	Incorporating change, one classroom at a time by Joan Bates, Senior Director, Investors and Media Relations, DeVry Joan Bates from DeVry wanted to marry her firm’s heritage with a new environment to attract students. She describes how DeVry created a state of the art workplace that appeals to knowledge workers today.
	A window of opportunity for retailers – ADA Design Standards by Kevin Hughes, Jones Lang LaSalle and Doug Anderson, LCM Architects New ADA Design Standards will take effect on March 15, 2012. In the interim, the Department of Justice has allowed an 18 month window in which retailers can choose to use either the existing or new standards. Depending on portfolio structure and plans for new construction, using one standard over the other may provide retailers with an advantage.
	Branding builds advantages by Meghan Marschall, Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle CoreNet Chicago Chapter Board Member Meghan Marschall describes how one company is delivering results by branding its real estate environment.
	New metrics in the built environment by David Roberts, Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle Adapting your office space used to be called alternative workplace strategies but David Roberts calls it “appropriate workplace strategies.” He describes how entrepreneurial to traditional companies are employing progressive elements in their office environments in order to capture talent and reduce a company’s overall real estate footprint. Building an office that fits a typical metric of 200 ft per cube is becoming obsolete as traditional project management and brokerage link closer together to design an integrated built environment.