Kimley-Horn Named Best Workplace for Millennials and Gen X’ers

Fortune ranked Kimley-Horn #3 on its 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials list and #2 on its 20 Best Workplaces for Gen X’ers list.

A Kimley-Horn millennial told Fortune: “Although I have only been here a few years, my ideas, thoughts, issues, and solutions are always taken seriously.”

Both rankings are based entirely upon employees’ own feedback and winners were selected from a database of some 620 Great Place to Work®-Certified organizations.

“You have the feeling that you are truly valued and that people care about you on a more personal level,” says one of Kimley-Horn’s Gen X employees.

Kimley-Horn has 291 employees in the Carolinas, with 69 in its uptown Charlotte office. Learn more about the firm here. 

JLL Named a Top Attractor Company by LinkedIn

CHICAGO, IL, June 21, 2016 – The 433+ million members of LinkedIn have voted with their actions and selected JLL (NYSE:JLL) as one of the top companies in the world at attracting and keeping top talent. The Top Attractors list is the first ranking of its kind based entirely on user activity such as job applications, career website engagement and employee retention.  JLL is the only real estate company on the list.

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Little recently honored with two design awards from the IIDA Carolinas Chapter

Little was recently honored with two design awards from the IIDA Carolinas Chapter. The workspace for Charlotte Center City Partners won Best Small Corporate design as well as the Best In Show award. To learn more about the project, and to see comments from the judges, click here.

CHARLOTTE-BASED Firm Names CHENEY AS New Co-Managing Partner

Charlotte, June 2, 2016 – Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin, PLLC (HSSM) has named a new co-managing Partner, Becky Cheney, to help lead the firm into the future.

The firm elected Becky Cheney to serve alongside George Sistrunk as the firm’s co-managing partner.  Cheney takes on the role that David Hamilton, firm founder, filled previously. She will play a key role in the firm’s operations and management functions.  Cheney has been a partner with the firm for the past 8 years, previously serving as counsel for Charlotte Douglas International Airport.  

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ONE Global Design Summit meets in Mexico to recap 2015, plan growth for 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ONE Global Design Summit meets in Mexico to recap 2015, plan growth for 2016
March 23, 2016

ONE Global Design announced exceptional growth at their semi-annual executive meeting in February. Wes Jones and Kim Marks of ai Design Group — along with 31 principals representing 18 firms across the United States, Mexico, and Canada — met in Cancun, Mexico for a two-day conference. The event was hosted by ONE Global Design member, ZVA of Mexico City, Mexico. 

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BRG's Amy Davis Receives '40 Under 40' Award

BRG's Amy Davis Receives '40 Under 40' Award
Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) March 25, 2016

BRG is pleased to announce that Senior Strategic Planner, Amy Davis, has been recognized as one of the Charlotte Business Journal's “40 Under 40” award recipients. Based out of BRG’s Charlotte, North Carolina office, Amy works with BRG clients to develop strategic solutions that provide the business intelligence to achieve their real estate objectives and goals.

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Kimley-Horn Named One of FORTUNE’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2016

Employees reap top rewards from this design consulting firm, where engineers, planners, and environmental scientists work on projects ranging from bridges to sewer systems to airports. and transit systems. Combined profit sharing and 401k match was over 17% of salaries last year. The firm's retirement compensation was four times more than larger-sized firms in their industry. Kimley-Horn also goes to great lengths to thank employees — of which 300 of them actually own it — from passing out Honeybaked Ham gift cards during the holidays to giving out gift cards and bonuses. 

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GENSLER’S BARRINGER CONSTRUCTION HEADQUARTERS WINS AIA AWARD

Gensler Charlotte office’s Barringer Construction project wins the 2015 AIA North Carolina Merit Award

CHARLOTTE, NC – Gensler’s project designing Barringer Construction’s new workspace won the 2015 AIA North Carolina Chapter Merit Award honoring its outstanding design.

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Mary W. Wilken, CPM, Elected 2016/2017 IREM Foundation President

Mary W. Wilken, CPM, Elected 2016/2017  IREM Foundation President

(Chicago, Feb. 11, 2016) Mary W. Wilken, CPM^®, Insite Properties, LLC, Charlotte, North Carolina, is the 2016/2017 Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM^®) Foundation President. She is also the director of property management with Insite Properties, LLC, a company that has provided superior management services across the Carolinas since 2001.

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CREW Member Il Bella Sole Signs On With A Major Online Furniture Distributor

For immediate release: Il Bella Sole, LLC a Charlotte, NC based furniture design company owned by Krystyna Kielbon, president has signed on with a large west coast distributor for their newly launched furniture lifestyle collection. The collection will be sold through the top online retailers which include Amazon, Wayfair, Overstock, Bed Bath and Beyond among other major online retailers. The collection will debut in 6-8 weeks for retail purchase. 

For more informaiton, please contact:

Krystyna Kielbon
Il Bella Sole LLC 
704 909-8079