David Werner, partner 601W buy Downtown Chicago office building at huge discount

The deal was financed by Northwind Group with a $58.5 million loan and completes a foreclosure tied to the building's $280 ...

Vacant Inn of Chicago, once used as migrant shelter, to be renovated as an IHG Ruby Hotel

The Streeterville neighborhood in downtown Chicago is about to get a new hotel in a building that was used as a migrant ...

Chicago downtown office space vacancy rate ends year at record high levels

Wirepoints Executive Editor Mark Glennon warns Chicago’s dwindling business community could be riding into high-gear after ...

Chicago's tax on Downtown hotel rooms could rise to 19%, nation's highest, to boost tourism

The increase in the city’s 17.5% hotel tax would more than double the marketing budget for the convention and tourism agency ...
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Teatro ZinZanni to close Downtown Chicago show after COVID, ICE-related ticket slump

Teatro ZinZanni was founded in Seattle in 1998. Langill said the Seattle production, which is also closing for financial ...

Donald Bren tests Chicago office market with potential sale of trophy tower at 1 North Wacker Drive

The building is considered a trophy, with a high occupancy rate of roughly 92 percent, compared to the downtown average of 28 percent.

Hundreds rush to get Real ID at Chicago supercenter location before deadline

It was a busy morning at the Real ID supercenter in downtown Chicago Saturday as people rushed to beat a looming federal deadline. The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office said they’re averaging about ...