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Megan Dodds, WeWork's Midwest General Manager, is seen Aug. 9, 2017 at its Kinzie Street location. The co-working company is now the largest lessor of office space in downtown Chicago.

WeWork becomes largest office tenant in downtown Chicago

June 18, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

WeWork has signed its 12th lease in Chicago, pushing its footprint to more than 1 million square feet and making the co-working giant the largest tenant leasing office space downtown....

The roof of the old main post office is seen on a tour Sept. 22, 2017, in downtown Chicago. Developer 601W Cos. plans to create a 4-acre rooftop park that will be available to tenants.

Tech firm Cisco plans large office in Old Post Office

June 14, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Technology firm Cisco Systems is close to becoming the latest office tenant in the redeveloped Old Post Office along the Chicago River. Cisco is negotiating a lease for about 130,000...

Ed Asner, actor and political activists, helps distribute Mondale-Ferraro signs for the rally at Medinah Temple on Oct. 30, 1984, in Chicago.

Landmark Medinah Temple to be redeveloped — again — by ‘mayor of River North’

June 20, 2019 at 12:58 p.m.

Sixteen years after completing a redevelopment of the historic Medinah Temple, Al Friedman is ready to do it again. The Chicago developer confirmed he has bought the landmark at 600...

Shoppers check out the sneakers at Stadium Goods on June 6, 2018, in New York. According to sources, the company plans to open a two-level store on Walton Street in Chicago.

Next up in the swanky Gold Coast: Secondhand sneakers

June 13, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

Secondhand sneakers are coming to the tony Gold Coast neighborhood, but these are no smelly gym shoes. Stadium Goods, a mostly online market for the resale of high-end sneakers, plans...

The 20,000 square foot Apple store next to the Chicago River, which opened in October 2017, is part of an ongoing redevelopment of neighboring Tribune Tower and a reminder of massive investments being made on Michigan Avenue.

About 29% of street-front retail space on N. Michigan Ave. is vacant. But the world’s largest Starbucks may perk things up.

June 7, 2019 at 2:21 p.m.

North Michigan Avenue seems a little less magnificent lately. Retail rents fell in 2018 after soaring in recent years, and Chicago's undisputed top shopping destination has faced a long slog...

The site of The 78, Related Midwest's planned development along the South Branch of the Chicago River south of Roosevelt Road, already has infrastructure plans that would support a casino.

A tough bet for Lightfoot: Where to put Chicago’s casino? Possibilities range from former Reese hospital to public housing sites

June 5, 2019 at 8:45 a.m.

A Chicago casino gives Mayor Lori Lightfoot her first chance to shepherd a major construction and economic development project from start to finish, but she faces a tough choice: Make...

An aerial view Sept. 19, 2018, shows the General Iron facility along Kingsbury Street on the North Side. General Iron has put three parcels of land on the market.

‘There’s a huge shortage of lab space in Chicago’: Sterling Bay to back life sciences startups, with eye on Lincoln Yards

May 20, 2019 at 2:38 p.m.

Chicago real estate developer Sterling Bay aims to make Lincoln Park a center for life sciences research, an industry that the firm hopes will fill a lot of space in...

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