Catalyst Ranch

About us

With a creative environment, your meeting or event can rise to heights unimagined! Catalyst Ranch was the first venue in Chicago to realize that the results of any offsite meeting can be enhanced if attendees are placed in the right environment. In 2002 we started with the concept of what our own ideal working environment would be and then coupled with extensive research, experience and pure gut instinct, created a pioneering and innovative boutique conference center in Chicago’s burgeoning West Loop. We broke some rules, no doubt about that! We found it takes more than a utilitarian room, some tables and chairs, notepads, pens and A/V equipment to hold an effective meeting. We refused to believe that only Creatives should be allowed to work in non-businesslike, fun, eclectic spaces. Everyone can be more productive if the conditions are optimized. Our many loyal clients have proven us right. That’s why we've developed our patented model of The Well-Balanced Meeting. It has all the components you need to help you plan your own Well-Balanced Meeting. So come to Catalyst Ranch with your training seminars, strategic planning meetings, association meetings, workshops, consumer market research, staff retreats, board meetings, sales meetings, as well as ideation sessions, and we’ll make sure you have a Well-Balanced Meeting, too. Catalyst Ranch is 15,000 sq. feet of absolute inspiration. Our space, your innovation. 10,000 square feet is available for meeting, ideation, retreating, team-building, brainstorming, presenting, networking, organizing, training and collaborating. For corporate meetings we are an excellent resource for facilitators and meeting vendors in Chicago. We have worked with production companies, transcription services, videographers and photographers, graphic facilitators, theater companies and a large variety of teambuilding groups. Catalyst Ranch has also created a unique program for arts based learning with the Art Institute called Art Work. Clients that sign up for this program travel to the museum to interact with the art pieces with a facilitator and then meet up at our facility for lunch and debrief. We also have a focus group space complete with client observation room (one-way mirror), video/audio and recording equipment. If a client needs to recruit respondents, we can do that too! Catalyst Ranch is 15,000 sq. feet of absolute inspiration. Our space, your innovation.