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Walgreens corporate offices in Deerfield.

Walgreens to sell off Deerfield buildings, shrinking its HQ yet again as more employees work from home

February 27, 2023 at 4:35 p.m.

Walgreens plans to sell off more than half of its north suburban Deerfield headquarters, according to a message sent to employees Friday afternoon by CEO Roz Brewer. A hybrid strategy...

Developer Sterling Bay unveiled Wednesday night during a virtual community meeting its latest plan for phase one of 1300 W. Carroll Ave., a 515-foot structure that company officials say they hope to secure city approval for in the coming months.

Sterling Bay unveils latest plan for new Fulton Market apartment tower

February 23, 2023 at 5:42 p.m.

Fulton Market is already one of the nation's hottest housing markets, and another massive apartment tower is likely to break ground before the end of the year. Developer Sterling Bay...

Clouds pass over buildings outside as a kitchen is seen under construction in an affordable unit in The Row Fulton Market on Feb. 16, 2023.

New property tax incentive could remake Fulton Market and other neighborhoods into havens for affordable housing

February 21, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

A new property tax incentive meant to create or preserve affordable housing is already generating results within Chicago's newest downtown apartment towers and in neighborhoods across the South and West...

The 1870s house at 2240 N. Burling St. in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood is seen on Jan. 17, 2023. The nearly 150-year-old residence faces demolition after being sold to the co-CEO of @properties, who owns a building next door.

In Lincoln Park, tensions flare over plan to tear down a nearly 150-year-old home

February 3, 2023 at 11:39 a.m.

Judy Blatherwick and her family put in decades of work restoring their graceful, Italianate wood-frame home in Lincoln Park, but after selling the nearly 150-year-old building to a local real...

Crowds of people attend The Midwest Clinic at McCormick Place West in Chicago on Dec. 21, 2022.

Could 2023 be the year convention travelers come back to Chicago?

January 17, 2023 at 3:20 p.m.

The events calendar for McCormick Place is filling up, with interest mounting among potential attendees and exhibitors, and that means 2023 could be the year convention travelers return in big...

A rendering shows the Sankofa Wellness Village, a four-part project that includes a physical and mental health wellness center, a business hub, a maker space and a grocery store that will connect the corridor with new investments.

Chicago Prize awarded to West Garfield Park wellness collaborative

January 12, 2023 at 6:24 p.m.

An initiative designed to boost the life expectancy of residents in the West Garfield Park community was awarded the second Chicago Prize, a $10 million grant competition established by the...

Barista Karen Cortes waits on office workers in the Loop as they arrive for their morning hot drinks or pastries at West Town Bakery, 190 S. LaSalle St., in Chicago, on Jan. 5, 2023. With most people coming into work on a two- to three-day hybrid work schedule, restaurants and businesses are seeing less foot traffic. Fulton Market is a bit of a bright spot, however, with foot traffic decline far less severe than the Loop.

Office buildings that offer internal amenities, like restaurants, could be key to luring workers back downtown

January 9, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Nearly three years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many office workers still work from home, especially on Mondays and Fridays, depriving restaurants of the healthy lunch crowds they...

Annette Prince holds an injured Cooper's hawk that was rescued by Omar Sanchez near a busy street in downtown Chicago on Oct. 12, 2022.

Chicago is the deadliest city for migratory birds. A city ordinance that would protect them is still in limbo.

December 28, 2022 at 12:44 p.m.

Chicago is the deadliest city in the U.S. for birds journeying each spring and autumn between northern locales and Florida, Mexico and Central America. But the city has put off...

Residents and their dogs walk to the high water mark of Lake Michigan in front of a Justin Ishbia lakefront home as they cross from Centennial Beach to Elder Lane Park beach on Oct. 24, 2022, in Winnetka.

In Winnetka, a plan to swap lakefront tracts with a billionaire has sparked debate. ‘I think nature belongs to all of us’

December 11, 2022 at 9:05 a.m.

In a tony North Shore suburb, a showdown is taking place over a controversial plan to carve up a public beach and swap part of it with a billionaire private...

Skokie’s Old Orchard getting complete overhaul, with new apartments and town square

December 9, 2022 at 10:10 a.m.

The upscale shopping mall Westfield Old Orchard in north suburban Skokie is about to undergo a $100 million transformation, the most far-reaching in its 66-year history. The owners plan to...

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