Chicago Enterprise
Chicago Enterprise is a weekly column about urban development trends and business decisions that shape the future of our region.
President Biden hosts his first state dinner on Thursday, for President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte. Gov. J.B. Pritzker will be attending. The Sun-Times has the delicious details.
The Far South Community Development Corp. is putting final touches on a housing proposal as it looks for other ways to improve the area.
The company that manages McCormick Place has appointed Kelvin Moore to the post, succeeding industry veteran David Causton, who is retiring. Moore will be the first African American to hold the position.
Move to the Kinzie Industrial Corridor on the Near West Side planned with $17.6 million in tax increment financing and another $9.6 million from the state.
Formerly an apartment hotel, the building is getting a complete makeover backed by a former resident, Chicago business executive Joe Mansueto.
A revised proposal for the Calumet Country Club aims to win over south suburbanites with community-friendly uses surrounding a warehouse hub.
With truck access on two floors, the project near Goose Island promises to combine efficiency with artwork.
Lever for Change, part of the MacArthur Foundation, connects donors to unheralded organizations taking on deep troubles in society.
Diamond, who studied the effects of bank runs and financial meltdowns, shares this year’s prize with co-author Philip Dybvig and former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
After years of talk about using the housing strategy here, Mayor Lori Lightfoot is proposing a pilot program.
City officials are offering landlords money if they come up with new ideas for buildings that have lost their allure amid downtown’s expansion.
The owner of Chicago’s futures markets has rolled out event contracts tied to leading market statistics.
In the rollout of additional dwelling units, or ADUs, 83% are headed to Chicago’s North or Northwest sides with little activity in other areas.
The construction project in Lincolnwood promises apartments, hotels and retailers, including an Amazon Fresh store.
With a system that promises to weed out misinformation, this startup is looking at a global reach from its home in Chicago.
Developers invest in an industrial site’s turnaround and hope savvy tenants will buy into the vision of The Terminal.
In buying the Thompson Center, the search engine company is helping state and local governments answer some knotty questions. But will the partnership go a tiny bit further?
The fourth edition of the “AIA Guide to Chicago” catches up with new buildings and adds appreciation of neighborhood sites.
Vast campuses in Hoffman Estates and Oak Brook are being revived for smaller tenants and other uses designed to keep people after regular office hours.
In light of employers moving in and out of Chicago, Harry Kraemer Jr. weighs in on what’s important to corporate leaders and how the city’s boosters can appeal to them.
Ken Griffin’s exit from Chicago had to do with crime, but many more factors are at play in the spate of corporate decisions about where to set up shop.
The team’s ownership faces a big call on a stadium deal as trends in the league lead to more costly, subsidy-laden deals.
Oak Park has long kicked around the idea of building landscaped decks over parts of I-290 and there could finally be federal money to help it get started.
Stymied in the past, the Episcopal Diocese again wants to sell its headquarters in Streeterville, but the valuable asset might not be easy to unload.
Trending Stocks aims to offer a service to investors who ordinarily deal with data overload.
Whatever else is happening in the city or with its housing market, demand powers onward in the city’s wealthy districts.
While company leaders often want workers back in the nest, hybrid schedules are leaving some space unwanted.
A proposal to revive the buildings adjacent to the federal complex is being developed, with hope that it will satisfy concerns about safety.
Reconsidering plans during COVID-19’s business lull, Leon Walker of DL3 Realty has agreed to a new building that would preserve a distinguished facade.
Hazel Technologies, which has moved to Fulton Market, is pioneering packets that extend the shelf life of produce.