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Hotel workers protest Pritzker Commerce nomination

December 24, 2018 at 1:59 a.m.

Hundreds of protesters landed outside the Hyatt McCormick Place just as the National Restaurant Association Show, one of the nation's largest hospitality industry trade shows, was letting out for its...

Plan aims to turn Navy Pier into more of a park

August 24, 2021 at 9:59 a.m.

Navy Pier, the highly commercial tourist attraction jutting into Lake Michigan, will take on a more parklike feel under the first phase of redevelopment plans formally announced Friday. Due to...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces the opening of the Small Business Center at the Deptartment of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection on the eighth floor at City Hall in March. A new poll shows voters want him to do more to aid the city's economy.

Emanuel not getting the jobs done?

November 3, 2021 at 6:05 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has rolled out a stream of what he's billed as pro-business initiatives and stood with dozens of corporations making jobs announcements during his first two years in...

Emanuel not getting the jobs done?

December 24, 2018 at 1:46 a.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has rolled out a stream of what he's billed as pro-business initiatives and stood with dozens of corporations making jobs announcements during his first two years in...

Desiree Rogers seen as next Choose Chicago chairman

December 24, 2018 at 1:41 a.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to appoint former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers as board chairman of Choose Chicago, the not-for-profit agency that sells Chicago as a tourism and...

McPier chief calls on Hyatt to resolve long labor dispute

December 24, 2018 at 1:32 a.m.

The public owner of the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place on Monday called for a swift resolution to the long-running battle between the Chicago-based hotel company and the workers' union, saying...

Oak Brook firm wins prime McCormick parcels with $65M bid

December 24, 2018 at 1:20 a.m.

Oak Brook-based CenterPoint Properties Trust on Monday offered the winning bid for prime property just north of McCormick Place that is viewed as a potential location for a convention hotel,...

All but one of the buildings at the former Michael Reese Hospital complex have been razed.

Obama library, casino among options for former Reese site

June 18, 2018 at 10:18 p.m.

A casino-entertainment complex, a major convention hotel and a Barack Obama presidential library are being floated as possible anchors for a mixed-use development of the former Michael Reese Hospital site...

DePaul in talks with A. Finkl about arena site

December 24, 2018 at 1:14 a.m.

DePaul University appears to be weighing a site west of Lincoln Park for a Blue Demons men's basketball arena, signaling that a location near McCormick Place is not necessarily its...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry comin’ for Illinois jobs

September 7, 2018 at 10:09 a.m.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry launched an aggressive media campaign this week aimed at poaching Illinois employers, rolling out radio and print ads ahead of a two-day recruiting trip to Chicago...

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