Mere hours before President Donald Trump announced a 90-day partial pause on sweeping reciprocal tariffs that rocked commercial real estate, CRE pros were reluctant to speak their name, referring to the levies only as the “T word.” 
But the economic uncertainty tariffs have helped contribute to was clearly on the table at Bisnow’s Chicago Construction & Development event last week as panelists leaned into the benefit of collaboration throughout the development process to navigate a landscape that’s getting trickier all the time.