Double Door building in Wicker Park sold to real estate developer
The longtime home of the Double Door live music venue in Wicker Park has been sold to a Chicago real estate developer, but a legal battle over the property’s zoning...
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Fulton Market district building would employ rarely used green building standard
A Chicago developer plans to construct an office building just east of Google’s Midwest headquarters that will feature an environmentally friendly building standard rarely used in the United States. Mark...
Amazon Go cashierless stores coming to Willis Tower, Ogilvie
Amazon Go is a go in Chicago, where two locations have been chosen for the new cashierless store concept. Online retail giant Amazon has leased spaces for the high-tech new...
Celebrity hot spot Tao could unseat Gibsons as Chicago’s top moneymaking restaurant
Restaurant and nightclub concept Tao is close to unveiling a dramatic new destination for a night out in Chicago — one that also could knock Gibsons from the top of...
Shipping container pop-up stores coming to Randolph Street
A pop-up retail market made of refurbished shipping containers is coming to Randolph Street, in a trial run of a concept that could expand to other areas of Chicago. Commercial...
Tech behemoths Facebook, Google planning big Chicago office expansions
Facebook and Google are mapping big expansions in Chicago, where real estate searches by two of the nation’s other technology giants have been the center of attention. Menlo Park, Calif.-based...
Cook County Hospital redevelopment nears starting line, with $135 million in financing
Work to convert the long-vacant Cook County Hospital building into two Hyatt hotels, medical offices and retail space is expected to start soon, after the project secured about $135 million...
Irish developer walks away from plan to build 20,000 homes on South Works site
An Irish developer has walked away from its plan to build as many as 20,000 homes on the former U.S. Steel plant on the south lakefront, once again creating an...
Tacos-and-tequila joint Federales going national as Chicago’s Four Corners expands
Bar and restaurant group Four Corners is poised to undertake a local and national expansion of Federales, a partnership with Brendan Sodikoff’s Hogsalt Hospitality that’s known for barbacoa-style tacos, margaritas...
Five decades after Chicago’s greatest skyscraper boom, city aims high again
Fifty years ago this month, construction of the John Hancock Center topped out. It was a dramatic moment in a still-unmatched development cycle in Chicago, where three skyscrapers over 1,000...