Thursday’s at 4pm ULI Chicago members convene on Zoom for our Members-Only “Front Stoop Series”.  Commercial real estate professionals join together for a candid conversation about current industry issues, and have the ability to ask questions and gain insight on what industry leaders are seeing. 

Read below and hear what members key-takeaways have been from some of our previous discussions.

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Resilience Series: Clean, Smart, & Equitable: Building Tomorrow’s Infrastructure
September 9, 2021
A Conversation with: Gia Biagi, Commissioner, Department of Transportation, City of Chicago
Sara Disney Haufe, Director of Traffic Engineering, Chicago, Sam Schwartz
Scott Goldstein, Principal, Teska Associates
Billy Grayson, Executive Vice President, Centers and Initiatives, Urban Land Institute
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Resilience Series: Building a Chicago that Works for All
August 26, 2021
A Conversation with: Ciere Boatright, Vice President, Real Estate and Inclusion, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives
Claude Robinson Jr., Executive Vice President, External Affairs and Diversity, UCAN
Juan Sebastian Arias, Deputy Director of Policy, Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago
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Resilience Series: Creating a Thriving Economic Ecosystem
August 19, 2021
A Conversation with: Pamela Daniels-Halisi, Managing Director of Community Lending, BMO Harris Bank, N.A. and President, BMO Harris New Markets Fund, LLC
Marcia Delaney, Program Manager of Business Growth Services, Southland Development Authority
Brad McConnell, Chief Executive Officer, Allies for Community Business
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Resilience Series: Thinking Outside the Housing Box
August 12, 2021
A Conversation with: Bryan Esenberg, Managing Deputy Commissioner, Department of Housing, City of Chicago
Ameya Pawar, Senior Fellow, Economic Security Project, and Former Alderman, 47^th Ward, City of Chicago
Jacques Sandberg, Vice President, Affordable Housing, Related Midwest
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The Role of Technology in the Built Environment
July 15, 2021
A Conversation With: Michael Carson, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, The Habitat Company
Lindsay Hyde, Entrepreneur in Residence, Moderne Ventures
Prasan Kale, Co-Founder & CEO, Rise Buildings
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The Evolution of Crowdfunding: Convergence of Technology & Retail Capital
June 10, 2021
A Conversation With: Jonathan Glick, Founder & Managing Principal, Incubation Capital Partners
Ryan Munoz, Director of Real Estate Acquisitions, Cadre
Darren Powderly, Co-Founder, CrowdStreet, Inc.
Tracy Treger, Principal, Syndicated Equities
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Silver Linings: The Chicago Residential Market & the Pandemic
May 6, 2021
A Conversation With: Tim Anderson, CEO & Founder, Focus
Mike Golden, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, @Properties
Thad Wong, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, @Properties
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Construction Trends & Costs
April 15, 2021
A Conversation With: Bethany Crispin, Senior Vice President, Residential Business Unit, Clayco
Paul James, Senior Vice President, Lendlease
Susan Uhlarik, Project Executive, McShane Construction Company
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Check, Please! What’s Next for Chicago’s Restaurant Industry?
March 18, 2021
A Conversation With: Kevin Boehm, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Boka Restaurant Group
Allan Perales, Chief Operating Officer, Gold Street Partners
Sam Toia, President & CEO, Illinois Restaurant Association
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The Next Normal is Now: Real Estate & the Higher Ed Campus
February 18, 2021
A Conversation with: Meghan Webster, Principal, Education, Gensler
Peter Isaac, Executive Vice President, Campus Partnerships, CA Ventures
Alex Darragh, Vice President, Facilities, Northwestern University
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Predictions & Trends for Urban Retail
January 21, 2021
A Conversation With: Brennan Hitpas, Managing Director, Investment, Newcastle Limited
John Vance, Principal, Stone Real Estate
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The Next Chapter for Malls
January 14, 2021
A Conversation with: Andrew Wilson, Vice President, Development, Miller Capital Advisory, Inc.
Joseph Stein, Senior Director, Construction, Brookfield Properties
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Office: Reimagining the Workplace
November 19, 2020
A Conversation With: Sheryl Schulze, Repositioning & Landlord Services Leader, Studio Director, Principal, Gensler
Brian Atkinson, Managing Director – Leasing, Hines
Kyle Kamin, Vice Chairman, CBRE
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Global Meets Local: The Pandemic’s Effect on Global Supply Chains & Chicago’s Industrial Market
October 29, 2020
A Conversation With: Craig Hurvitz, Senior Director of Research, Colliers
Todd Steffen, Vice President, Supply Chain Solutions, Colliers
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Renovation & Development in Entertainment Districts
October 8, 2020
A Conversation With: Eric Nordness, Managing Principal, Marquee Development LLC
Blake Milburn, Director of Design & Construction, Marquee Development LLC
Drew Johnson, Assistant Director, Investments, Marquee Development LLC
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Finding Space in Uncertain Times
September 10, 2020
A Conversation With: Ben Helphand, Executive Director, NeighborSpace
Olga Bautista, Community Planning Manager, Alliance for the Great Lakes
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Hospitality: The Road to Recovery
August 27, 2020
Conversation Led By: Craig Foreman, Vice President, PGIM Real Estate
Nate Sahn, Executive Vice President, CBRE Hotels
Terry Dammeyer, President and CEO, Investments and Development, White Lodging Services
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Housing Policy in a Pandemic
July 23, 2020
Conversation Led By: Esther Sorrell, Assistant Commissioner, City of Chicago, Department of Housing
Daniel Kay Hertz, Policy Director, City of Chicago, Department of Housing
Paul Williams, Policy Analyst, City of Chicago, Department of Housing
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Navigating Capital Markets Disruption
July 16, 2020
Conversation Led By: Jeffrey Altenau, Executive Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield
David Bitner, VP, Americas Head of Capital Markets Research, Cushman & Wakefield
Thomas Sitz, Executive Director, Cushman & Wakefield
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What About the Suburbs?
June 25, 2020
Conversation Led By: Mark Hamilton, Partner, Hamilton Partners
Matt Nix, Principal, REVA Development Partners
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Density & Healthy Cities
June 18, 2020
Conversation Led By: Jacques Sandberg, Vice President, Affordable Housing, Related Midwest
Dr. Rachel Weber, Professor, Department of Urban Planning & Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Senior Housing in the COVID Era
June 11, 2020
Conversation Led By: Matthew Phillips, Executive Vice President, Senior Lifestyle
Adan Kaplan, CEO and Founder, Solera Senior Living
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Healthy & Resilient Buildings in the Age of COVID
June 4, 2020
Coversation Led By: Mary Ludgin, Senior Managing Director & Director of Global Investment Research, Heitman LLC
Billy Grayson, Executive Director, Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance, ULI – the Urban Land Institute
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Multifamily: Today Vs. Tomorrow
May 28, 2020
Conversation Led By: Jason Koehn, President, Albion Residential and Julie Heigl, Assistant Vice President, Waterton
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Small Businesses, Big Changes
May 21, 2020
Conversation Led By: Viktor Schrader, Economic Development Director, Oak Park Economic Development Corporation, Martin Sorge, Executive Director, Uptown United and Business Partners, and Ginna Ryan, Principal, Mauge, Inc,
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Open Air Retail in the Age of COVID-19
May 14, 2020
Conversation Led By: John Hendrickson, President – Midwest, Brixmor Property Group
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A Lender’s View of the World
April 30, 2020
Conversation Led By: Kim Liautaud, Managing Director, Head of U.S. Commercial Real Estate, BMO Harris Bank & Peter Malecek, Senior Vice President – Real Estate Market Executive, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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The Space Race: Home Office or Work Office
April 23, 2020
Conversation Led By: Kyle Kamin, Executive Vice President, CBRE, Inc. & Drew Nieman, Executive Vice President, Riverside Investment & Development
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Watch your email each Friday for information on the next weeks Stoop Series. We hope you will join us!