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Attracting new corporations played an important role in Chicago's downtown boom over the past decade.

The Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe v. Wade could offer a surprising benefit to Illinois: More corporate offices

June 24, 2022 at 9:36 a.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, and although state and city officials are harshly critical of any moves to restrict reproductive rights, they also say...

Dr. Suzet McKinney, the director of life sciences at Sterling Bay, stands in front of the ALLY building at its Lincoln Yards site on May 16, 2022, in Chicago.

Life sciences developments are booming in Chicago, bringing jobs and helping fight ‘brain drain’

May 31, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Much of Chicago's office market remains stuck in the doldrums, but another economic engine has come to life, ready to remake the city into a hub for advanced industry and...

People eat and relax in the newly renovated, multilevel Catalog retail and amenity space inside Willis Tower on May 19, 2022.

Willis Tower owners wrap up $500 million makeover that includes new retail hub, enhanced amenities

May 26, 2022 at 10:20 a.m.

Willis Tower still dominates Chicago's skyline 49 years after its construction, but when Blackstone bought it for $1.3 billion in 2015, the iconic structure inspired more awe than affection. "It...

Ambrose Jackson in the suburban Broadview building he plans to use as his firm's legal marijuana growing and shipping facility.

As flourishing cannabis industry expands to pricier, high-profile sites, social equity applicants left behind

May 23, 2022 at 9:50 a.m.

When medical marijuana sales began in Illinois in 2014, cannabis firms typically chose unobtrusive buildings, sometimes hidden away in industrial parks, to sell the controversial product. Almost 10 years later...

Boeing corporate headquarters at 100 N. Riverside Plaza on May 5, 2022, after a report the company would be relocating its headquarters.

Boeing to move corporate headquarters out of Chicago, but ‘maintain a significant presence’ in city

May 6, 2022 at 9:41 a.m.

Some 20 years after Boeing arrived in Chicago, the defense contractor and airplane-maker is moving its global headquarters out of the city, the company said Thursday. Boeing will relocate its...

Denise Kidd, de 62 años, centro, aplaude después de caminar por la entrada en la gran inauguración del Whole Foods Market en el vecindario Englewood de Chicago el 28 de septiembre de 2016.

Whole Foods cerrará 6 tiendas a nivel nacional, incluida una en un ‘desierto alimenticio’ de Chicago

May 4, 2022 at 10:44 a.m.

Hace seis años, Whole Foods Market abrió una tienda con mucho festejo en Englewood, un vecindario de la zona sur de Chicago que en aquel momento tenía pocos supermercados. Las...

Non-dairy, butter, yogurt and kefir items on display at the new Whole Foods at Englewood Square shopping center in Chicago on Sept. 27, 2016.

Whole Foods to close two Chicago stores, including Englewood location it opened with much fanfare

April 29, 2022 at 6:42 p.m.

Six years ago Whole Foods Market opened a store with much fanfare in Englewood, an area that had few other groceries at the time. Lines of customers, many of them...

The historic Sears, Roebuck & Co. Printing Building in Homan Square, North Lawndale has been transformed into 181 affordable housing units by nonprofit developer Mercy Housing Lakefront, June 14, 2017.

Revitalizing North Lawndale will require more stores, education, to keep dollars in the community, report says

April 25, 2022 at 7:26 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration is set to launch several development projects in the West Side neighborhood of North Lawndale, but a coalition of local community groups and developers said Monday...

Gerardo Castillo, left, speaks to customer Jerry Boruch at The Village, one of Italian Village Restaurants' three restaurants, on April 18, 2022. Boruch has been a regular customer since the beginning of the pandemic and dines at Italian Village Restaurants when he is downtown for business.

With many firms bringing employees back just two days a week, downtown restaurants are feeling the pinch

April 22, 2022 at 2:32 p.m.

Chicago's downtown almost looks normal some days, especially during the middle of the week when office workers pack themselves onto trains and the streets bustle with pedestrians. But downtown restaurant...

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