Few, if any, parts of the country have been spared COVID-19's economic wrath and that includes the Windy City. However, suburban Chicago may benefit from the current turmoil, say experts.

Sixty percent of Chicago real estate professionals with ties to The Real Estate Center at DePaul University and the Urban Land Institute Chicago District Council (ULI Chicago) said in a recent survey that they're worried.

According to the Third Annual Mid-Year Perspective on Chicago Real Estate Markets, produced by the partnership—40.3 percent are concerned and 20.4 percent are trending toward concerned. The findings were published on July 28.

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Suzette Parmley

Trenton Correspondent who covers the N.J. Supreme Court, Governor, Legislature. She also contributes to The Legal Intelligencer and law.com. Suzette joined New Jersey Law Journal in Jan. 2019 from the Philadelphia Inquirer where she was a former Trenton Statehouse Correspondent and Business Reporter/Columnist. Awards: 1st Place for 2020 coverage of NJ Supreme Court; 2019 Specialized Writing Category, 5-time winner of the Business Financial Writing Portfolio Award from the New Jersey Press Association. Graduate of the Fels Center of Government/University of Pennsylvania. Email: [email protected] or follow on Twitter: @SuzParmley