Many Chicago buyers and sellers manage to close on a home amid the pandemic, but others have not been so lucky. For Cameron Leavitt, a construction manager who was in the middle of buying a unit in a ...

A new Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Center at Chicago’s Richard J. Daley College took a big step forward last week as the $45 million undertaking was awarded two construction permits. The ...

Former President Barack Obama presents early plans for the center in 2017. AP On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey dismissed a lawsuit to block the construction of the Barack Obama ...

Homeless Chicago residents “cannot close their doors to this virus,” said Mayor Lori Lightfoot at a press conference Monday after announcing additional efforts to help the city’s most vulnerable ...

Four of the busiest CTA train lines will get a $179 million investment thanks to a small fee added on to every Uber and Lyft ride. In Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s 2018 budget proposal, the city rideshare fee ...

Four groups—including Elon Musk’s futuristic Boring Company—have answered City Hall’s Request for Qualifications (RFQ) seeking private companies to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain ...

On Saturday, after an extension of the spring session, lawmakers decided on key legislation involving a state capital bill for infrastructure—something Illinois hasn’t had in about a decade. Governor ...

A fire that burned through Monday night has destroyed the landmark Lincoln Masonic Temple in downtown Aurora, according to fire officials. The long-vacant building burned from for about nine hours, ...

Green Living Room at 6431 S. Cottage Grove Ave. Margaret Tazioli For Naomi Davis, the soft opening of the Green Living Room in West Woodlawn on Saturday is no small thing. The space at 6431 S. Cottage ...

While the Lincoln Yards megaproject may have earned the unanimous recommendation of the Chicago Plan Commission last week, at least ten alderman—including some members of the City Council’s Zoning ...

A rendering of 344 N. Canal Street. Courtesy 42nd Ward Chicago A plan to demolish the old Cassidy Tire building at 344 N. Canal Street and replace the nearly 120-year-old warehouse with a shiny ...

Amid efforts to contain the spread of novel coronavirus, the Loop seemed eerily quiet and less crowded this week. While the scenes may not be as bleak as the hypothetical Chicago ghost town created in ...