Brian J. Rogal – Page 7

The Chicago Plan Commission approved a proposal by developer Related Midwest to build a 22,000-seat soccer stadium for the Chicago Fire on The 78, the mega-development site just south of downtown along the Chicago River. (Related Midwest and Gensler)

Plan Commission approves proposal to build Chicago Fire stadium on The 78 mega-development site

September 25, 2025 at 11:41 a.m.

The Chicago Plan Commission approved on Thursday a proposal by developer Related Midwest to build a 22,000-seat soccer stadium for the Chicago Fire on The 78, the mega-development site just...

The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday green-lighted plans by a developer to plant a 26-story hotel several blocks south of the Obama Presidential Center. (Stantec Architecture Inc.)

Chicago Plan Commission green-lights developer’s plan for 26-story hotel near Obama Presidential Center

August 21, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

The proposed hotel, designed by Stantec Architecture, could have up to 256 rooms and provide between 100 and 120 permanent jobs.

The only building on the Lincoln Yards site, a tower at 1229 W. Concord Place, sits along the North Branch of the Chicago River on May 29, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Sterling Bay puts vacant life sciences building up for sale, the latest chapter in Lincoln Yards saga

August 19, 2025 at 5:53 p.m.

The 285,000-square-foot riverfront tower at 1229 W. Concord Place, meant to be the centerpiece of a vibrant life sciences complex, sits empty on the southern end of the mostly vacant...

Ruth Barajas works with red leaf and green leaf lettuces at Gotham Greens greenhouse, 10636 S. Woodlawn Ave. in Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood, Aug. 26, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Development work by Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives generated nearly $1.5B impact on Far South Side, study says

September 4, 2025 at 12:05 p.m.

The study by Anderson Economic Group LLC estimates Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives brought $1.4 billion to the Far South Side between 2009 and 2023, including $693 million to Pullman.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital officials, saying they have run out of space, have proposed building a 1.2 million-square-foot tower on a vacant lot, seen here on July 14, 2025, in the Streeterville neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Streeterville residents back Northwestern’s hospital construction plan, but worry about loss of green space

August 14, 2025 at 5:38 p.m.

The new tower would add several hundred inpatient beds, along with at least five operating rooms, to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

People walk with suitcases outside the Congress Plaza hotel before opening day of Lollapalooza, July 30, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Lollapalooza expected to deliver big weekend for Chicago hotels, even as international travel lags

August 1, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago hotel operators say the lakefront music festival has become one of downtown’s most important events, and this year may be the biggest ever.

An interactive historical collage of the transformation of the former Robert Emmet Elementary School to the Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation, 5500 W. Madison St., is on display at the center lobby July 16, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Former Robert Emmet Elementary School in Austin gets new life as community center, workforce development facility

July 25, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Now called the Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation, the building’s second life is the brainchild of the community group Austin Coming Together and the nonprofit Westside Health Authority.

A conceptual rendering shows two apartment towers proposed by Sterling Bay for 1840 N. Marcey St. The plan received a thumbs-up from Ald. Scott Waguespack, 32nd, clearing the way for approval by the full City Council. (Sterling Bay/SCB)

Sterling Bay wins Zoning Committee approval for a pair of apartment towers on Lincoln Park’s west edge

July 15, 2025 at 6:43 p.m.

Ald. Scott Waguespack dropped his opposition to the proposal, clearing the way for approval.

Lincoln Yards development in the Lincoln Park neighborhood seen on Feb. 13, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Former Lincoln Yards site to become smaller, walkable residential community, developer says. ‘Bigger is not necessarily better.’

July 11, 2025 at 4:15 p.m.

The new 31-acre development, called Foundry Park, will eventually total about two to three thousand units, including single-family homes, condos, rental apartments, townhomes and affordable housing.

Matt Pistorio, left, and Gary Stoltz, of R2 Cos., a private equity real estate firm, give a tour of the Chicago Board of Trade Museum on July 1, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago Board of Trade Building museum pays homage to city’s trading history, immortalized in movies like ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’

May 22, 2026 at 7:46 p.m.

The new museum, which opens Tuesday, is the latest step in an effort to revive the nearly century-old board of trade building.

All Stories