LivCor, a Blackstone Portfolio Company

LivCorians were shining bright on #Diwali!🪔✨ Is there a better way to celebrate one of the biggest and brightest Indian holidays than with great food, henna, and diya decorating? Thank you to our API team resource group, ASPIRE, for giving the Chicago team a taste of Diwali (literally!). We shared samosas, biryani, and gulab jamun while learning the cultural significance behind this vibrant holiday and its celebration of hope. Join us in spreading the light during the Festival of Lights—post a diya 🪔 in the comments. Happy Diwali!

🎃 LivCor does Halloween #GoodNeighbor style. Last week, LivCorians dressed to impress for our monthly Huddle. A handful of iconic neighbors made an appearance, including Kimmy Gibbler, My Neighbor Totoro, and Steve Urkel (did I do that?). Happy Halloween from the festive faces (or lack thereof—shout-out to our masked friends) at LivCor! We wish you a day full of all treats, no tricks. 🍭🍬

When the trip makes it out of the group chat... and by that, we mean—when LivCor leaders close Zoom and get together face-to-face for 2025 planning. Last week, our leadership team met in Chicago to discuss priorities, goals, and focus areas for next year—setting the stage for another year of leading the industry. So, naturally, we turned it into a photo op! 📸🤳🤩   Huge thank you to all LivCorians (across every team at every level) who helped plan, prep, and execute these meetings. They say it takes a village... we say it takes a team of really good humans. We're grateful for ours.

If you had been at the LivCor office on Sunday, you would've had a fantastic view of more than 52,000 humans who ran past Willis Tower in the Chicago Marathon—including our own Chloe Solon! 🏃🏻♀️👟💪 Chloe ran 26.2 miles to support Special Olympics and promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in sports. Talk about Good Neighbor energy (energy, energy!). Congrats, Chloe!

Today is #NationalComingOutDay, and our LGBTQIA+ team resource group, Prism, is celebrating our CorValue of #BeYouBeRealBeOpen. ✨🌈 On this day, we celebrate the courage and authenticity of those in the LGBTQIA+ community who have taken the brave step of coming out. We understand that coming out is a deeply personal journey that can take time, and LivCor will continue to increase representation, support, and uplift one another to ensure everyone knows they have a safe space here to be their full, authentic self. 

Today, LivCorians are rolling up their sleeves to participate in CoreGiving's fourth annual #CoreGivingDay, supporting our communities and fighting childhood hunger. We're channeling our Good Neighbor energy to make an impact—teaming up with our fellow Blackstone real estate companies at local food banks around the country. Is there any better way to celebrate #WorldMentalHealthDay? We don't think so. Learn more about our work with CoreGiving and join the fight to ensure no child goes to bed hungry: https://lnkd.in/g4XmktuY

#WorldMentalHealthDay is on Thursday, so we're checking in on LivCorians who use WHOOP to promote better sleep and stronger recovery. Around here, we're insights-driven. Seeing the data that quantifies how our actions impact our quality of sleep and recovery helps us to make smarter decisions about what we eat, what we drink, and how we move our bodies. WHOOP is a powerful tool for managing the aspects of our physical health that influence our mental wellbeing. LivCor is proud to offer every team member a WHOOP wristband and membership, so they can care for themselves and prioritize their mental health. That's something to WHOOP about!

Our 2024 RISE cohort has been getting their steps in—from New York to Atlanta, they've been visiting our communities, walking the grounds, and connecting with the site teams to gain a deeper understanding of our business at every level. During their travels, they also meet with leaders from LivCor and Blackstone to develop their leadership style, find practical solutions to real challenges on property, and (as is the LivCor way) have a little fun. LivCor’s RISE program is developing our team today to become leaders of the real estate industry tomorrow. We'll keep investing in our humans so they can keep creating great places to live, work, and grow. (Or in other words, so they can wake up every day ready to #RISEandShine.)

In celebration of #HispanicHeritageMonth, our newest team resource group, Vōz, invited LivCorians to a guided tasting of salsas inspired by cultures around the world. We might have come for the food, but we stayed for the incredible messaging shared by the Vōz leadership team: "For many Americans, when you think of salsa, you think about going to eat at Mexican restaurants. But you can also find salsas on so many menus across so many cuisines. Similarly, when Americans think about Hispanic and Latino communities, they often think about Mexico. But that's just one ingredient in our salsa. We live all over the world with widely varying cultures, and we come together to create a vibrant, colorful community." Thank you, Vōz, for keeping our bellies full and our hearts fuller. We'll have our bag of chips and our minds open and ready for the next event. 

As we approach the Jewish High Holidays of #RoshHashanah and #YomKippur, please join us in wishing all who celebrate a new year that is healthy, happy, and sweet—much like a plate of apples and honey. Shana Tovah and G’mar k’tiva v’chatima tova!