Full Text of HR0934 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate The Inland Real Estate | 4 | | Group of Companies, Inc. on the occasion of their 50th | 5 | | anniversary; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Daniel L. Goodwin, Robert H. Baum, G. Joseph | 7 | | Cosenza, and Robert D. Parks began their careers as teachers in | 8 | | the Chicago Public Schools; they combined their interest in | 9 | | real estate with teamwork and determination and incorporated | 10 | | their own business in 1968; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Based in Oak Brook, Inland's early success began | 12 | | by building and managing apartments, converting condominiums, | 13 | | and developing land; within five years, the four founders left | 14 | | teaching and devoted themselves to the business; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Inland has grown into one of the largest | 16 | | commercial real estate and finance organizations in the United | 17 | | States; the company employs more than 1,000 people, manages | 18 | | more than 73,000 apartments nationally, sponsors more than 720 | 19 | | investment programs, and serves more than 490,000 investors; | 20 | | since its founding, Inland has purchased more than $45 billion | 21 | | in commercial real estate across 49 states; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Daniel L. Goodwin, Chairman and Chief Executive | 2 | | Officer, serves as the organization's leader, strategist, and | 3 | | governmental lobbyist; Robert H. Baum serves as the Executive | 4 | | Vice President, General Counsel, and Vice Chairman, and manages | 5 | | nearly 30 lawyers and paralegals, and Vice Chairman; G. Joseph | 6 | | Cosenza, Vice Chairman of the Inland Real Estate Group LLC and | 7 | | President of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions LLC, acquires | 8 | | property for investment groupings; Robert D. Parks, Director, | 9 | | Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation, sells Inland's | 10 | | products to investors; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Inland has been the recipient of more than 60 | 12 | | awards, including the Better Business Bureau Torch Award for | 13 | | Ethics, which it received three times in the last decade; it | 14 | | was also the first corporation to be named to the Chicago | 15 | | Association of REALTORS Hall of Fame in 2014; the Illinois | 16 | | REALTORS also honored Daniel L. Goodwin with its first Lifetime | 17 | | Achievement Award in 2017; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 19 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 | | congratulate the Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. on | 21 | | the occasion of its 50th anniversary, and we wish them | 22 | | continued success in the commercial real estate industry; and | 23 | | be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Daniel L. Goodwin, Robert H. Baum, G. Joseph | 3 | | Cosenza, and Robert D. Parks as an expression of our esteem and | 4 | | respect.
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