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Buildings from 2302 to 2316 North Sheffield Avenue in Chicago, on Nov. 10, 2023. DePaul is proposing to tear down five buildings on its campus to make way for a state-of-the-art basketball facility. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Plan Commission approves DePaul’s controversial plan for Lincoln Park athletic facility

November 20, 2025 at 7:21 p.m.

University officials told commission members DePaul’s lack of modern practice courts makes it hard to compete for athletic talent with schools in the Big East Conference.

Guests watch and photograph the final beam being lifted into place on Nov. 17, 2025, as the Austin HOPE Center on West Chicago Avenue marks a construction milestone. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

A $22 million pediatric health care facility taking shape in Austin neighborhood will address unmet needs

November 17, 2025 at 5:57 p.m.

Builders plan to complete the 25,000-square-foot Austin HOPE Center by late summer 2026.

Customers check out pastries at Léa French Café on Michigan Avenue in the Loop on Nov. 5, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Scrappy entrepreneurs are setting up cafes, coffee bars and stores in the Loop. ‘A recovery has started.’

November 10, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

More than 30 restaurants, coffee bars and stores will have opened by the end of the year, according to the Chicago Loop Alliance.

Brown Bag Seafood restaurant owner Donna Lee, right, calls out orders as they come in at the restaurant on East Randolph Street in Chicago, May 8, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Loop businesses uneasy about possible National Guard deployment: ‘It does have a chilling effect on business’

October 24, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Downtown restaurants say they've already seen lower foot traffic and instances of staff not showing up to work.

A warehouse along South 25th Avenue and Lexington Street is for lease on Oct. 7, 2025. The building is located one block east of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

ICE wants to buy more buildings in Chicago, and appears to be eyeing a Broadview warehouse

October 10, 2025 at 5:47 p.m.

The warehouse is one block east of the existing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility at 1930 S. Beach St.

In 2020, Walgreens was announced as a tenant in the lobby of the Old Post Office building at 433 W. Van Buren St. in Chicago. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Walgreens to exit Chicago’s Old Post Office building

October 7, 2025 at 10:34 a.m.

Walgreens plans to exit its space at Chicago's Old Post Office, though it will keep its headquarters in Deerfield, the company confirmed Monday.

Jeremy O'Brien, of PsiQuantum, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park at Lake Michigan south of East 87th Street in Chicago on Sept. 30, 2025. Gov. JB Pritzker, right, attended. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Work begins on South Side’s massive new quantum computing hub

September 30, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker and others presided on Tuesday over the groundbreaking ceremony.

The Chicago City Council approved on Thursday Chicago Fire owner Joe Mansueto’s plan to build a 22,000-seat soccer stadium on The 78, the South Loop megadevelopment site along the South Branch of the Chicago River. (Chicago Fire FC and Gensler)

Proposed Chicago Fire soccer stadium wins City Council approval, clearing last major hurdle before construction

September 26, 2025 at 1:59 p.m.

Council members also cleared the way for several developers to create hundreds of new apartments in the downtown financial district.

Franklin Castillo works on cutting stone for wall cladding for the Obama Presidential Center at GI Stone in West Town on Aug. 28, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Developers say on-again, off-again tariffs are making it difficult to predict prices and kick off projects

September 23, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

“The uncertainty is worrying builders,” said Molly McShane, CEO of The McShane Cos., a national real estate and development firm. “People understand deals won’t move forward if prices change four...

Developer proposes 56-story residential tower for the Magnificent Mile

September 23, 2025 at 10:12 a.m.

The project, which still needs to win city approval, would be the first new skyscraper built in years on the Magnificent Mile, and could provide a much-needed shot in the...

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