If you weren’t able to join us for one of our recent breakfast meetings, we’ve provide meeting resources below, including meeting summaries, event photos and some audio recordings.  We hope to see you in person next time, but if you’re schedule doesn’t allow, we’ve got you covered!

2020 Real Estate Forecast
November 19, 2020
Our Keynote Speaker, Dr. Mark Eppli shared a national outlook for 2020, including information from the ULI & PwC Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2020® report.  Following the Keynote, a panel of local industry experts shared their forecast for the Chicagoland market.  Michael Brennan’s opening remarks included his view that the economy overall is in good shape. However, there are pockets of concern, such as in the industrial sector, where “we’re starting to see the effects of a prolonged trade war, especially on the capital goods side, where people are ordering a little bit less,” he said.
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Retail State of the Market
September 26, 2019
Panelists discussed the technological advances and shifts in consumer preferences and how they’ve adapted to the changing retail environment.  Data analytics is helping retailers understand where customers live, work and how often they are going to a project.  Additionally, when looking at new retail locations, “perpetual demand drivers” are crucial, as office workers, medical employees or universities bring a larger customer base.
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The Convergence of Multifamily and Hospitality Industries – Disrupters and Shifting Strategies
July 24, 2019
Industry leaders discussed the continued evolution of the apart-hotel, resi-tality, and home-sharing industry. While the name of this new business strategy is debatable, the emergence of hospitality uses within multifamily assets is evident. A new field of hospitality operating companies is raising significant venture capital, while both owners and investors are exploring long-term leases and operating adjustments within multifamily properties to capitalize on this newly available market.
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Follow the Chicago River West…Where Opportunities Flow
February 28, 2019
“Until recently, it [River West] has been off-limits for new development due to a zoning code that enabled the proliferation of industrial buildings. Now those restrictions have been lifted. As a result, a variety of factors make it an attractive focus for new development, including vast in-fill potential with ready access to public transportation, a significant level of infrastructure that is already in place, and proximity to downtown Chicago.”
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Real Estate Forecast 2019
November 8, 2018
“Our (company’s) view is we won’t have a recession until after the next election in 2020, or really in 2021,” Eglit added. “Of course, that can change. It’s a volatile projection, but the economy is doing really well, the real estate fundamentals, as a whole, are doing pretty well. It’s kind of a stable environment that we are in, on the macro level.”
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Tech & Modular Construction: Disrupting the Traditional Development Process
September 27, 2018
“Ten years from now, everyone should be doing it this way. I don’t want to say 100 percent, but with everything from how much energy our buildings use, to the materials that we pull out of the ground to the inefficiencies in the entire process, and the escalation that is not slowing down. On top of that, the pressures we have for better housing, for better healthcare—there is no reason not to be doing it this way, other than we haven’t been doing it this way.”
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Spring 2018 Market Overview: How Capital & Investors Are Shaping Chicago’s Landscape
April 26, 2018
“Chicago has shown less volatility and more stable cash flow than you’ll find in a lot of other markets,” he added. “That is an attractive feature, certainly, of investing in Chicago.”
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The Future of Cities and Real Estate in an Autonomous Vehicle World
February 22, 2018
“Although there is no doubt that autonomous vehicles (AVs) are on the horizon, that vague three-word phrase serves as the catch-all opening to most any response about the future of this budding societal development.”
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