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Neighbors get their say this week on a 43-story apartment tower proposal for the Near North Side. One condo board already says no.

July 13, 2020 at 11:51 a.m.

More than 400 apartments could be coming to Chicago's Near North Side if developer Fifield Cos. wins over neighborhood residents and the city for its 43-story apartment tower planned at...

Construction has stopped at the 74-story condo tower called 1000M, at 1000 South Michigan Avenue, in Chicago.

Lender halts funding for Helmut Jahn-designed skyscraper on Michigan Avenue, putting project in doubt

July 7, 2020 at 3:52 p.m.

A Helmut Jahn-designed skyscraper along South Michigan Avenue is on hold at least until September and buyers of the luxury units are being offered some of their deposits back, after...

A man loads a vehicle outside the Gold Coast Galleria condominium tower at 111 West Maple Street, June 24, 2020.

Near North Side neighbors ready to fight 43-story apartment tower plan

June 26, 2020 at 10:41 a.m.

One of Chicago's busiest luxury residential developers wants to build a 43-story apartment high-rise using air rights from a Near North Side church, but nearby condo owners are going on...

$185 million Aon Center observatory is latest Chicago project delayed by coronavirus

June 22, 2020 at 3:07 p.m.

The Aon Center has paused plans to build an observatory with a thrill ride atop Chicago's third-tallest skyscraper, and the $185 million project will start almost a year behind schedule...

A viturally LaSalle Street, looking south from Grand Avenue, as many employees work from home on April 9, 2020.

‘The roads can’t handle that many cars’: Employers fear gridlock, economic toll if workers shun Metra, L over COVID-19 risks

June 19, 2020 at 2:13 p.m.

Downtown Chicago's economy is unlikely to roar back from the coronavirus pandemic without the accompanying rumble of elevated trains and other public transit packed with office workers. As the city...

Smashburger Front of House Trainer Megan Morrison displays one of the restaurant's burgers and a bottle of Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Ale at the burger restaurant's now-closed location on North Clybourn Avenue in 2013.

With restaurants reeling from COVID-19, Smashburger plans a major expansion in Chicago. It starts with a lease in the LondonHouse hotel building.

June 19, 2020 at 10:13 a.m.

At a time when restaurants are struggling to stay afloat, burger chain Smashburger has signed North Michigan Avenue's first retail lease in recent months, and plans to open later this...

In a coronavirus rarity, construction is starting on a 42-unit luxury condo building west of the Loop

June 11, 2020 at 7:43 a.m.

While most real estate projects are on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, a New York firm is breaking ground on a 42-unit luxury condominium building on Chicago's Near West...

Shoppers maintain social distancing as they enter reopened Shibuya 109, a landmark building in Shibuya shopping district in Tokyo, on June 1, 2020. In Japan, people are returning to schools, shops and offices reconfigured to help prevent new coronavirus infections with ample use of plastic screens, masks and reminders to keep their distance.

Going back to work won’t be business as usual. A group of Chicago companies is creating a playbook to restart Chicago’s economy.

June 5, 2020 at 10:02 a.m.

Aon is leading a coalition of major Chicago corporations to draw up safe standards for restarting the economy from the coronavirus pandemic, creating a model that the consulting and risk...

Construction halted on Helmut Jahn-designed skyscraper on South Michigan Avenue. Developers say it’s because of COVID-19 safety concerns

June 5, 2020 at 8:56 a.m.

Construction of a 74-story condo tower designed by Helmut Jahn has been halted, and the project's developers say it was done to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The 1000M skyscraper...

The lobby of the Old Main Post Office on Oct. 14, 2018.

Old Post Office partners with team behind Empty Bottle, Thalia Hall to add concerts, cultural events and food hall

June 4, 2020 at 12:51 p.m.

The Old Post Office's owner plans to bring live music and other cultural events in and around — and possibly even on top of — the riverfront behemoth. Developer 601W...

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