Downtown

Chicago Clears Indoor Dining, with Restrictions
Indoor dining and drinking can resume at Chicago’s restaurants, bars, breweries and other eating a...Read more
Plan Commission Okays Sterling Bay’s 10th Fulton Market Project
The Chicago Plan Commission recently approved Sterling Bay’s proposal to build a 485,000-square-fo...Read more
JLL Re-opens Aon Center HQ, 75 Other U.S. Offices
JLL has re-opened more than 75 offices in the U.S., a little more than half of its total portfolio, ...Read more
Ken Griffin Donates $5M to Repair, Reopen Lakefront Trail
Damaged in last winter’s storms and closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Chicago’s lakefront tra...Read more
Cboe Reopens Chicago Trading Floor
Cboe Global Markets said Tuesday it had reopened its Cboe Options Exchange trading floor at 400 S. L...Read more
Millennium Park Reopens; Lakefront Trail Will Follow Next Week
Chicago’s most-visited attraction, Millennium Park, began “cautiously reopening” on Monday, wi...Read more
Leasing Volume Holds Up for Class A Apartments
The leasing story in downtown Chicago’s Class A multifamily has been surprisingly positive during ...Read more
JK Equities Launches Build of West Loop Condos
A pandemic notwithstanding, construction has begun on JK Equities’ 1400 Monroe boutique condomin...Read more
Grubhub Valued at $7.3B in All-Stock Merger
Chicago-based Grubhub and Amsterdam-based Just Eat Takeaway.com will merge in an all-stock deal that...Read more
North Wells Tops Out on River North Creative Office
North Wells Capital, and its affiliate Urban Innovation, Ltd., have topped out exterior construction...Read more
City of Chicago Cancels Special Events Through Labor Day
The city of Chicago has canceled all permitted special events through Labor Day, the Lightfoot admin...Read more
Aries, Frontline, Four Corners Launch Hotel Receivership Platform
Neil Freeman and Aries Capital have partnered with Joshua Joseph and Matthew Tarshis of Frontline Re...Read more
Black Bear Capital Opens Offices in Chicago, NJ
Black Bear Capital Partners (BBCP), a real estate financial advisory firm and affiliate of Black�...Read more
Chicago Corporations Team on Developing Best Practices for Reopening
Aon, with U.S. headquarters in Chicago, is leading a coalition of major Chicago corporations to draw...Read more
Navy Pier Will Begin Phased Reopening June 10
Navy Pier will begin a phased reopening on June 10, with select attractions open and available to th...Read more
David Egan Joins Stockbridge Capital in Chicago
David Egan has joined Stockbridge Capital as SVP, based in Chicago. He will focus primarily on the ...Read more
Chicago Businesses Begin Reopening from Pandemic Shutdown
Chicago officials said Wednesday they were cautiously optimistic as the city entered the third phase...Read more
Deliveries Begin at New-Build River North Condos
The first closings and deliveries of residences have been completed at Ascend Real Estate Group’s ...Read more
CoreSite Opens Second Downtown Data Center
Denver-based CoreSite Realty Corporation has opened Phase 1 of CH2, its new ground-up data center de...Read more