Port of Chicago deal sunk for now
A deal to privatize the poorly run and languishing Port of Chicago has fallen through, the latest stalled effort by the Emanuel administration to privatize or commercialize public assets. Denver-based...
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Port of Chicago deal sunk for now
A deal to privatize the poorly run and languishing Port of Chicago has fallen through, the latest stalled effort by the Emanuel administration to privatize or commercialize public assets. Denver-based...
Design selected for DePaul arena near McCormick Place
Pelli Clarke Pelli, the architecture firm that proposed a glass-walled DePaul University basketball arena topped with an undulating roof, was awarded the design contract Monday by McCormick Place officials. The...
City sues to acquire land for Marriott at McCormick Place
Chicago's push for a 1,200-room Marriott Marquis convention hotel near the planned DePaul arena moved into court Monday when the city filed an eminent domain lawsuit aimed at acquiring the...
McHugh sues city to block Marriott hotel near McCormick Place
Plans to build a 1,200-room Marriott Marquis convention hotel just west of McCormick Place encountered a legal obstacle Monday when the site owner sued the city of Chicago. The owner,...
Marriott wins contract for new convention hotel at McCormick Place
The planned 1,200-room convention hotel to be built just west of McCormick Place will be operated by Marriott International Inc., convention officials decided Friday morning. The hotel, expected to open...
Chicago has record 46.37 million tourists
Chicago saw a 14 percent rise in international visitors last year, to 1.37 million, increasing the city's ranking nationwide up one notch, to No. 9.Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who wants the...
Minneapolis mayor to make pitch to Chicago gays to marry in his city
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak plans to travel to Chicago today to unveil a print and digital ad campaign inviting gay couples to marry in his city in the wake of...
Business tax incentives drive mostly expansion, study finds
More than 70 percent of the region's municipalities use tax incentives to attract business, but the vast majority of deals involve moves within the region, expansion of existing businesses or...
South Loop land deals at the corner of business and politics
To build a new South Loop arena for DePaul University and two nearby hotels, city and McCormick Place officials will have to pry land from three prominent corporate entities with...