Chicago Enterprise
Chicago Enterprise is a weekly column about urban development trends and business decisions that shape the future of our region.
Monday, the company will post job openings for the facility at 1260 N. Kostner Ave., which is expected to open in September, focusing on items “that people want and need in a hurry.”
City officials have received two responses to their call for investment at the former Aldi property on West Madison Street, hoping to energize the commercial block.
The projects in West Englewood and Pilsen are designed for families, helping fill what experts call an unmet need.
For all the labor activism in other sectors, organizing at the tortilla manufacturer can be a tall order.
The pandemic shook the office business down to its rebar, and 2023 could be the worst year yet.
City Hall promised to build 250 single-family homes, but higher costs and permit delays are holding back progress.
A high-rise tower designed by the late Helmut Jahn is expected to welcome its first renters in 2024.
A family company for 99 years, the business is now employee owned. Former owners Ed and Ken Walchak hope the reorganization will reward employees and respect the legacy of what their family built.
A measure sent to the governor would let public agencies take action on vacant homes before they get lost in Cook County’s tax sale process.
The landmark’s owner is wrapping up renovations designed to improve the building’s connections to the public and make it a more attractive place to work.
It’s a work in progress, but the company’s service called Mo draws on financial information to answer questions quickly without some of the worst traits technology picks up from humans.
After years of slack office demand, investors are opting to either improve or redevelop their properties. Meanwhile, the supply of new housing could get a jolt from plans in Sugar Grove.
Samir Mayekar says business leaders have to view urban job creation as a sustainable business plan and not just philanthropy.
Using space at the former school for St. Agatha Catholic Church, the Sustainability Hub is a venture between a developer and others to address workforce development and economic justice.
The retailer’s closures of four Chicago stores follow the retreat of others from the city’s South and West sides and underscores how companies and communities often don’t get each other.
One proposal involves replacing the Wheatland Tube factory in Back of the Yards with a three-building logistics center covering more than 30 acres.
He will confront stubbornly high commercial vacancies and a slow return to office work, along with economic worries that make banks less willing or able to help.
After a record year for leasing in the sector, three sites in Chicago have varying chances of success. Proximity to ComEd substations is a major factor.
The employee-owned company in Rogers Park is expanding and has 350 job openings.
Proposals being evaluated by local groups and the Department of Planning and Development would introduce new uses to the old Central Manufacturing District on Pershing Road.
The Seng, a building completed near North and Clybourn avenues, is being marketed to working families who find other starter homes beyond their budgets.
A plan for a $30 million arena near McCormick Place for virtual contests has been scrapped, while prospects have dimmed for a proposal to put esports and student housing in the Loop.
The Chicago Architecture Center’s Come Home Initiative aims to build momentum for investments in the South and West sides.
Bell Works Chicagoland, a reimagining of a former AT&T site, will add residences to the office development in hopes of creating a community hub.
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