2019

A warning sign City Hall should heed

A key indicator of the health of the downtown office market has begun to flash red. Author GREG HINZ On Politics. As Mayor Lori Lightfoot prepares to present her critical first city budget, a key indicator of the health of the downtown office market has begun to flash red—a sign of the difficulties the mayor…

River West site next to Tribune Media megaproject hits the market

The Salvation Army is looking to sell its main downtown campus in the River West neighborhood, hoping to cash in on real estate investors’ appetite for land near the gentrifying North Branch of the Chicago River. Paving the way for what could be a big redevelopment project in the city’s expanding central business district, the…