His firm develops multi-unit buildings in Chicago, mostly residential. I think he is just annoyed that the easy money is drying up, and that it hurts his bottom line or business in general. Based on his attitude, though, I'm just amazed that the type of project his firm takes on were so dependent on money being cheap. They also operated a lot on a fixed cost basis, and sudden price increases were not accurately factored into those contracts.

He wants without price stability and cheap money and has neither.

> what kind of contractor?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_contractor :

A general contractor…is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and the communication of information to all involved parties throughout the course of a building project.