The Chicago Loop is the fastest growing downtown in the U.S. and fastest growing neighborhood in Chicago, the Chicago Loop Alliance reported in a new study. The Loop’s population continued to grow through the pandemic and now numbers 46,000, or nearly 4,000 more than pre-pandemic. Read the full article: Click Here.
The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) in Chicago is soliciting ideas for the potential redevelopment of some or all of Lakeside Center, the east building of McCormick Place. Read the full article: Click Here
A year after The Great Shutdown, the time for talk and preparation is over. A brief window of opportunity is opening to reposition the regional economy for a new era. Read the full article: Click Here
Cameo, an app connecting customers to celebrities paid to record personalized messages, is in talks to raise more funds. Read the full article: Click Here
As one of the world’s major cities and a nexus of commerce and culture, Chicago is a critical component of the Upper Midwest. For the whole of 2020, public health-related and human events—a pandemic, protests, violence—have conspired to reshape the city in unexpected ways. But Chicago is far from done. It’s a survivor, and many […]
“Some of Chicago’s biggest and most complicated real estate projects took flight in 2019. By comparison, 2020 is shaping up to be the year of the unknown. Rebirth of the long-dormant Old Post Office, zoning approval of Lincoln Yards and The 78, two multibillion-dollar megadevelopments on the river, completion of NEMA, the city’s tallest all-residential […]
“Global commerce will lose its ultimate umpire Tuesday, leaving countries unable to reach a final resolution of disputes at the World Trade Organization and instead facing what critics call ‘the law of the jungle.” The United States, under a president who favors a go-it-alone approach to economics and diplomacy, appears to prefer it that way. […]
“Numerous anti-government protests have paralyzed cities across the globe for months, from La Paz, Bolivia, to Santiago, Chile, and Monrovia, Liberia, to Beirut. Each protest in this worldwide wave of unrest has its own local dynamic and cause. But they also share certain characteristics: Fed up with rising inequality, corruption and slow economic growth, angry citizens worldwide are […]
“Chicago will spend $250 million over the next three years to bring “transformative change” to ten South and West Side neighborhoods “starving for too long,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday. ‘We are bringing the whole of government to these efforts. … We will be creating targeted workforce programs and transforming our use of public owned […]
“World stock markets were mostly lower on Thursday as investors looked ahead to the re-opening of trade talks between the U.S. and China. Markets have grown increasingly jittery in recent days over the talks as conflicting rumors swirled and rifts surfaced between the Chinese government and private American enterprises, such as the NBA and Apple […]