Hundreds of downtown restaurants shut their doors in 2020, and many never reopened. But Rishi Kumar, an owner and culinary director of Mariela, a new restaurant at the corner of Washington and State ...

A new Barnes & Noble bookstore opened in the heart of downtown Chicago on Wednesday, while separately, a building that used to house an old Barnes & Noble store in the Gold Coast was being demolished.

Donna Lee, founder of Brown Bag Seafood Co., is starting to feel optimistic about the Loop. The number of office workers coming downtown seems to be inching up every month. Lunch rushes are back, and ...

Commercial property values in Chicago’s Loop, the city’s central district of skyscrapers, financial firms and offices that drives much of its economy, dropped by about 7.2% last year amid lower sale ...

Why should you stay in The Loop? Well, the list of reasons is long, but to start with, because it’s close to nearly every CTA ...

Chicago mayoral candidate and businessman Willie Wilson in July paid $5.2 million to buy outright the 49th-floor Loop condominium that he had been renting for the past several years.

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More people are visiting downtown Chicago exploring restaurants, arts, and cultural events and experiences, according to the Chicago Loop Alliance. New data from the organization show numbers ...