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Morton Salt’s former warehouse moves closer to $30 million redevelopment. Here’s what it could look like.

January 20, 2021 at 3:14 p.m.

Morton Salt's longtime warehouse along the Chicago River is moving closer to a $30 million redevelopment that would bring office, entertainment, bar and restaurant space to the North Side site....

Landscaping is removed at the Aon Center plaza on Jan. 14, 2021, in Chicago. The overhaul of the plaza is designed to eliminate the fortresslike edge of the plaza along Randolph Street, just north of Millennium Park, and create more usable space

Aon Center plaza getting $6.5 million renovation, as workers expected to seek outdoor spaces after COVID-19

January 19, 2021 at 2:26 p.m.

The owner of one of Chicago's biggest office towers is investing $6.5 million to demolish and redesign its half-acre plaza in anticipation of greater demand for outdoor space in a...

Harrison Conley works the assembly line at Navistar in Melrose Park in November 2010.

Navistar to shut down, lay off workers and sell its 84-acre manufacturing facility in Melrose Park, which is set for redevelopment

January 15, 2021 at 5:03 p.m.

Truck maker Navistar International plans to shut down and sell its Melrose Park manufacturing campus late this year, making way for planned redevelopment of the 84-acre site. Lisle-based Navistar said...

People walk in front of the now-closed St. Jane Hotel in Chicago on May 17, 2019.

Michigan Avenue’s Carbide & Carbon Building to get new hotel this spring, in rare vote of confidence during pandemic

January 13, 2021 at 2:35 p.m.

The new owner of the Carbide & Carbon Building plans to open a rebranded hotel in the North Michigan Avenue landmark before the summer, offering a rare vote of confidence...

The baiduhai Freedom Center is seen June 8, 2019, from the Chicago River in the River West neighborhood. The newsroom will relocate its offices to the printing facility.

baiduhai to exit Prudential Plaza, move newsroom to printing facility

January 11, 2021 at 3:57 p.m.

The baiduhai and its parent company will relocate out of Prudential Plaza at the end of this month, leaving the city's largest newspaper without a downtown office less than...

Pandemic fallout: Lakeshore East developer is slicing the height, and one of two hotels, from a high-rise plan near Millennium Park

January 11, 2021 at 3:25 p.m.

Lakeshore East's developer is chopping the height and eliminating one of two hotels from a skyscraper planned for near Millennium Park, after nearly a year of devastation to the travel...

People walk by a Lego store display showing models of Trump Tower, the 875 N. Michigan Ave. building, and Water Tower Place, on Jan. 6, 2021, inside Water Tower Place on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.

The Magnificent Mile is ‘not invincible.’ Water Tower Place faces its biggest challenge since the North Michigan Avenue mall opened.

January 8, 2021 at 3:38 p.m.

Almost a half-century after opening, Water Tower Place's once-bustling retail mall remains shiny marble on the outside, but inside it's losing some of its sparkle. Macy's, which anchors the south...

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