Chicago ICSC Dealmaking 2014  

By: Steve Caton

I always find that trade shows and conventions are a good indicator on how the economy and your industry are doing. This year was no exception. Having been going to ICSC events since 2004, I witnessed the robust years in 2005-2007, where attendances in Chicago and Las Vegas were insane, so crowded that you could barely meet the people you wanted to meet, to the slim years of 2009-2011 where everyone got together to complain that not much was happening and no one could get any money for their projects or purchases. This year was somewhere in the middle. [Read more…] about Recap of ICSC Dealmaking in Chicago 2014