Downtown

Muscle Maker Grill Opens Second Chicago Ghost Kitchen
Muscle Maker, Inc., the parent company of Muscle Maker Grill, has opened its second delivery-only gh...Read more
Rick Bayless’ Airport Torta Concept Heads Downtown
Tortas Frontera, the O’Hare airport Mexican sandwich concept from chef Rick Bayless, is coming to ...Read more
Optima Signature Opens Office Suites to Student Learning
The 57-story Optima Signature rental tower in Streeterville has pivoted due to the pandemic. For par...Read more
Lightfoot Unveils New Anti-Looting Plan
The Lightfoot administration on Friday announced a new plan to protect Chicago’s commercial corrid...Read more
Baker Tilly to Merge with California CPA Firm
Chicago-based accounting and advisory firm Baker Tilly US, LLP and Squar Milner, LLP, among the larg...Read more
CA Ventures Launches Management Platform for Its European Student Housing
Chicago-based CA Ventures is launching Novel Student, a pioneering property management platform th...Read more
Primary Care Center Operator Goes Public with $377M IPO
Oak Street Health, a Chicago-based network of primary care centers for adults on Medicare, closed it...Read more
Looting Compels Some Loop Businesses to Temporarily Close
Some businesses in the Chicago Loop were damaged Sunday night and early Monday morning during loot...Read more
Skender Completes Buildout for Equity Residential
Skender, serving as general contractor, recently completed interior construction of the 75,000-squar...Read more
Goldie Initiative Grows to 25 Scholars in 2020-21 Class
The Goldie Initiative has set a new record for number of Goldie Scholars and universities represent...Read more
Randy Conte Joins Cresset as COO
Randall “Randy” Conte has been named COO at Cresset Capital Management, a Chicago-based register...Read more
Loop Business Metrics Show Improvement
The Chicago Loop Alliance’s July survey of member businesses shows progress form the depths of t...Read more
Proposed West Loop Tower Heads for Approvals
Vista Property Group is seeking approval for a new office building at 609 W. Randolph St. in the We...Read more
Nonprofit Openlands Renews Longtime Tenancy
Bradford Allen’s Jonathan Seeley and Merrick Wells completed a lease extension on behalf of Openla...Read more
Chicago Home Sales Down 29% Y-O-Y in June
The city of Chicago saw year-over-year home sales decrease 29.1% with 2,020 sales in June, compared ...Read more
West Loop’s Two-Tower Porte Launches Move-Ins
Lendlease Development and The John Buck Company, together with partner Intercontinental Real E...Read more
IDI Logistics Names Gibbel VP of Capital Deployment
IDI Logistics appointed Scott Gibbel as VP of capital deployment and leasing for the company’s Chi...Read more
Lake Point Tower’s “Crown Jewel” Restaurant Up for Sale
Cité Chicago, the circular fine dining restaurant at the top of Lake Point Tower, is on the market...Read more
Loop Alliance Unveils Online Tool to Track What’s Open
To serve Loop businesses and consumers in the evolving landscape of COVID-19, Chicago Loop Allia...Read more