Community Outreach in the Americas
Partnering with a Client in Argentina to “Give Time Together”
The Jones Lang LaSalle team in Buenos Aires joined with client Sabre Holdings, a global travel company, as part of Sabre’s “Give Time Together” program, a global initiative that encourages Sabre employees around the world to “help the world do even more than travel.”
Jones Lang LaSalle employee Agustin Alvarez, who works closely with Sabre in Argentina, suggested that the team offer volunteer labor to the Santa Clotilde school in Buenos Aires. Some 70 volunteers completed 700 hours of landscaping, cleaning and painting at the school.
Jones Lang LaSalle Paints the Town in Miami
Twelve employees in our Miami, Florida office took part in the Service Juris Day organized by Miami’s legal community. The team helped transform the Juvenile Justice Center and Miami Dade Regional Juvenile Center through painting, renovating and landscaping the facilities.
Teaming Together for Habitat for Humanity
Supporting projects sponsored by Habitat for Humanity is a popular choice for Jones Lang LaSalle volunteers.
§ In June 2008 in New York, members of our project management team at Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park spent a day working on a 41 unit apartment complex in Brooklyn.
§ In Benton Harbor, Michigan in August, members of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Whirlpool team joined their Whirlpool counterparts to work on several homes being built for – and by – deserving families.
§ In November, 16 members of our New Jersey office spent two days working on three Habitat for Humanity houses in Newark.
California Employees Team with their Bank of America Colleagues on Neighborhood Revitalization Projects
In May 2009, a team of colleagues who work on the Bank of America account donated their time and expertise to support two neighborhood revitalization projects in California. These projects were conceived by Bank of America to celebrate its redevelopment of banking centers in the Bay Area. The Jones Lang LaSalle volunteers led the project management in the wholesale renovation of San Francisco’s Chinatown CDC Tenderloin Family Apartments community room and Oakland’s Boys and Girls Club Meltzer Clubhouse recreation room.
Supporting Chicago’s 2016 Olympics Bid
In 2006, we agreed to provide pro bono real estate advisory services to the Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid Committee. We advised the committee on key aspects of the selection process, including issues related to sports venues and the Olympic Village.
Our contributions were rewarded when the United States Olympic Committee named Chicago as its candidate to host the 2016 games. We continue to work with the Chicago Committee as the international selection process continues.