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Attendees sit on the ground near the Perry's stage after the final act of the day at Lollapalooza 2015.

Lollapalooza is a ‘game changer’ but Chicago hotel industry wants $75M in aid; two big downtown hotels plan to reopen in June

May 26, 2021 at 8:39 p.m.

Two of the largest Chicago hotels that closed early in the COVID-19 pandemic are preparing to reopen next month, a sign of hope for the battered downtown hospitality industry. The...

Marie Ellis eats lunch May 14, 2021, during a break from her building management job at Exelon Plaza in Chicago's Loop. She said she has been back to the office for a couple of weeks.

Chicago companies are plotting returns to the office. It won’t be as simple as turning off Zoom.

May 17, 2021 at 3:20 p.m.

After more than a year of cameo appearances by kids, spouses and pets, work meetings may be headed toward pre-pandemic formality. The reemergence of downtown Chicago offices in the upcoming...

Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Sept. 18, 2010.

Architect Helmut Jahn leaves behind two big Chicago projects with uncertain outcomes after death in cycling accident

May 11, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.

As the architecture world mourns Helmut Jahn's death from a cycling accident Saturday in the western suburbs, the next few months are likely to go a long way toward determining...

A man walks to Xi'an Cuisine in the Greektown neighborhood on May 4, 2021. New, non-Greek businesses that have opened in the area include Chinese restaurant Xi'an Cuisine and Japanese restaurant Aodake Ramen, both on Jackson Boulevard.

Greektown’s identity fades as new businesses open. ‘We can’t live in nostalgia.’

May 7, 2021 at 12:22 p.m.

A Florida-based meat and fish market plans to open its first Midwest store in Greektown, bringing another newcomer to a Chicago neighborhood that has lost some of its oldest businesses...

RealGood Stuff CEO Jon Schiff in the River North location at 701 N. Wells St. on May 3, 2021.

RealGood Stuff plots big post-pandemic restaurant expansion in Chicago and beyond

May 5, 2021 at 8:07 p.m.

RealGood Stuff Co. has leased space in a Fulton Market office building as the fast-casual restaurant concept maps an ambitious expansion more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Architect Helmut Jahn looks over drawings of his State of Illinois Center in 1980.

It’s official: The Thompson Center is up for sale

May 4, 2021 at 12:23 p.m.

After years of talk, the James R. Thompson Center is officially up for sale. The state began soliciting bids for the 17-story, state-owned Loop building Monday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and...

Customers view items at the Randolph Street Market on April 28, 2018.

Randolph Street Market is back — but this summer, it’s not on Randolph Street. It’s not even in Chicago.

April 30, 2021 at 7:18 p.m.

After losing last summer to a pandemic, anyone itching to browse the wares offered by vendors at Chicago's longstanding Randolph Street Market will have to make a road trip. The...

Construcción del futuro centro de distribución de Target, el 29 de abril de 2021, en 3501 S. Pulaski Road, el sitio de la antigua estación generadora de energía Crawford en La Villita.

Target contratará 2,000 personas para su centro de distribución en La Villita

April 29, 2021 at 7:10 p.m.

Target planea contratar a 2,000 personas para un centro de distribución que se espera que abra en La Villita este verano. El CEO Brian Cornell anunció los planes de contratación,...

A future Target distribution center is under development, April 29, 2021, at 3501 S. Pulaski Road, the site of the former Crawford Power Generating Station in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago.

Target to hire 2,000 people for Little Village distribution center

April 30, 2021 at 3:20 p.m.

Target plans to hire 2,000 people for a distribution center expected to open in Little Village this summer. CEO Brian Cornell announced the hiring plans, along with wages starting at...

The Fulton Market District sign illuminates the intersection as the sun sets April 6, 2017, on Fulton Market and Halsted Street in the Fulton Market district in Chicago. Naperville-based Calamos Investments plans to open an office in the district.

Another suburban company using ‘hot Fulton Market’ district as recruitment tool, opening office for 100 employees

April 27, 2021 at 7:40 p.m.

Calamos Investments plans to open an office in the Fulton Market district, which the suburban firm hopes will help attract new employees. The Naperville-based investment management firm has leased the...

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