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National hospitality investment surges in 2025 as restaurants anchor new CRE projects, showing confidence in hospitality‑integrated developments.

The new 58-unit, $48.3 million mixed-use development in Chicago’s Roseland neighbourhood will include 23,000 sq ft of ground-floor commercial space expected to accommodate a restaurant and grocery store — highlighting how hospitality uses are central to suburban mixed-use CRE in the region. 

Across the U.S., mixed-use developments are increasingly integrating restaurant and lifestyle-retail elements as key value-drivers, especially outside traditional downtown cores — offering new opportunities for hospitality property managers.

The new 8-acre Pullman Gateway development in Chicago’s Pullman neighbourhood brings in Chick‑fil‑A as its anchor tenant and sets the tone for further restaurant, retail and mixed-use growth in a historically underserved area. 

Restaurant Chain Expansion Drives CRE Opportunities: Non-Traditional Markets, Ground-Floor Leases, and Hospitality Saturation Summary: Restaurant chains are increasingly targeting non-traditional markets, ground-floor mixed-use leases and integrated retail-hospitality developments — generating new commercial-real-estate opportunities where hospitality and CRE converge.

In Chicago’s Fulton Market district, the new 368-unit luxury residential tower “Flora” includes a lease with the Day Off Group (led by chef Joe Flamm) for a signature dining concept — highlighting how hospitality and restaurants are embedding into broader CRE development.