There are more than 1,300 storefronts in the Loop, but right now more than a third of them are empty. Remote work and ...

The Gap factory outlet recently announced plans to open on State Street, potentially providing a spark to the Loop.

University of Chicago researchers asked Chicagoans to draw their neighborhood boundaries for a new map. Block Club reporters ...

Learn about the recent office sale momentum in Chicago and what's attracting new buyers to discounted properties downtown.

(The Center Square) – Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski is sounding the alarm about Chicago’s still dwindling downtown office occupancy rates after 2025 kicked off with record-high vacancies ...

Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s finding that post-pandemic Chicago commercial property values are rising faster than residential is ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A Chicago organization wants to use the power of the arts to revitalize downtown. A team of civic, business, arts, and community leaders are working on what they call "The Cultural ...

Downtown Chicago also has been in perpetual recovery mode since COVID started to spread in 2020. Some River North restaurant owners have complaints about crime claiming it's keeping business away.

West Chicago is offering grants of up to $100,000 for property and business owners in its downtown as part of a new city program. The West Chicago Downtown Investment Program, which started Jan. 1 ...

Team Culture hopes to revitalize downtown using the arts — perhaps by having concerts on a floating barge atop the Chicago River. Rendering courtesy of Lou Raizin Share Some two decades after ...

Daniel Levin, founder of The Habitat Co., oversaw investments in nearly 25,000 housing units downtown and elsewhere in Chicago, often in neighborhoods considered too risky. He opened the East Bank ...