The Real Estate Center at DePaul University and the Urban Land Institute, Chicago District Council will present the 2025 Mid-Year Sentiment for Chicago commercial real estate during a webinar on July 16.
The event takes place against a national backdrop of increasing economic, humanitarian and geopolitical tensions and an unchanging Chicago landscape focused on city, county and state financial issues.
Reagan Pratt, the Douglas and Cythia Crocker Endowed Chairman of the Real Estate Center will moderate a panel discussion that will feature Kim Liautaud, Managing Director at BMO; Matt Garrison, Partner, CEO, CIO, R2 Companies; and others.
“The Mid-Year Sentiment programming we’re doing with ULI Chicago should be quite enlightening as we reveal the findings of our survey of professionals and engage a panel of real estate professionals to add further perspective to the second half of 2025 and beyond,” Pratt said. “It’s important to take the pulse of the market, especially in a constantly changing environment like we’re facing.”
In advance of the panel discussion, Dr. Jim Shilling, the George L. Ruff Endowed Chair in the Real Estate Center at DePaul University, will deliver a keynote presentation. Shilling is expected to summarize the highlights of the 2025 Chicago Mid-Year Sentiment Report that is produced by The Real Estate Center and ULI Chicago. Additionally, he will share his perspectives on the impact of tariffs, the possibility of economic stagflation, and a number of other timely topics of importance to the real estate community.
“I believe that the U.S. economy should be able to avoid a recession in 2025,” Shilling said. “Economies tend to operate more like oil tankers than speedboats—they turn very slowly. This is especially true when there is a large amount of momentum in the economy – like low unemployment, moderated inflation, and a lot of consumer spending.”
The webinar begins on July 16 at 9:00 am and concludes by 10:00 am. For more information and to register for this free webinar, go to the registration page.
