In Lucas Museum fight, preservationists are protecting parking lots
"They paved paradise, put up a parking lot," goes the folksy Joni Mitchell tune. The great irony is that a litigious group of local preservationists is waging a legal battle...
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With UIC technology, thwarting Africa’s million dollar poaching
It started with wanting to build a bar code reader to identify zebras in Africa by scanning their unique stripes from afar. More than five years later and led by...
Son of billionaire casino magnate Neil Bluhm invests in competitor
The son of Chicago billionaire Rivers Casino owner Neil Bluhm and one of his top executives have invested in a rival video gaming operation even as the elder Bluhm backs...
Willis Tower to be sold for $1.3 billion to Blackstone Group
Blackstone Group, a private equity real estate investor with about $81 billion under management, has reached an agreement to buy Chicago's iconic Willis Tower, the company announced Monday. The purchase...
Virtual reality is disorienting but brings with it real potential
The Samsung Gear VR headset transports me from a gondola ride in Venice to a helicopter ride over Hawaii to a frigid, serene seashore, waves gently lapping, somewhere on this...
Obama library land transfer advances
As City Hall moved a step closer to allowing parkland to be used for the Obama library, a source told the Tribune that an announcement about where the library will...
Obama library site may not be revealed until after runoff, source says
Obama library officials likely will delay an announcement about the center's future home until after the April 7 mayoral runoff election, according to a source. The Chicago City Council is...
An argument for inflating Illinois’ flat income tax
Allusions to the notion that Chicago is really two cities — one increasingly poor, the other increasingly affluent — are going to dominate the remainder of the Rahm Emanuel vs....
Willis Tower owners in talks with Blackstone Group, source says
Blackstone Group, the giant private equity real estate investor, is in talks to buy Chicago's iconic Willis Tower for more than $1.4 billion, a source confirmed Friday. Any sales price...
Caterpillar, Brad Keywell take on the Internet of Things with Uptake
Caterpillar, the sixth-largest public company in the Chicago region, and Brad Keywell, one of the city's wealthiest venture capitalists, are teaming up on a new startup, called Uptake, the equipment-maker...