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Mayor Johnson and officials celebrate topping out for Thrive Exchange

The project at 7905 S. Exchange will have 43 affordable apartments Mayor Brandon Johnson and Ald. Greg Mitchell recently joined DL3 Realty, South Shore residents and city officials today to celebrate the topping off of Thrive Exchange, a six-story, mixed-use building...

UIC celebrates commencement May 7-11

More than 6,000 degrees will be awarded to undergraduate, graduate and professional students during University of Illinois Chicago commencement ceremonies May 7-11.   Chicago’s largest public university will welcome families and friends of graduates for the ceremonies...

Rivers Casino Portsmouth Plans Summer Groundbreaking for The Landing Hotel

New architectural renderings released at Portsmouth’s State of the City 2025 Event Rivers Casino Portsmouth and Rush Street Gaming announced plans to break ground on a new hotel this summer: The Landing Hotel Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rivers Casino...

The next big piece of Michigan City’s pivot to resort town is underway

In Michigan City, Ind., where a much-anticipated remake into a beachy resort town has been gathering steam for several years, condo sales have started at a development that is a linchpin of the change Credit:Crain's Chicago Business
Altgeld Family Resource Center

Altgeld Family Resource Center

The Altgeld Gardens public housing complex on Chicago’s far South Side has a long history of both hope and despair. It was built to be a community within the larger city for returning black veterans after World War II, but severe environmental hazards in the area led...

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Women Architects Who Have Made Their Mark on Chicago

Anew hotel at Navy Pier, the future DuSable Park just east of DuSable Lake Shore Drive, the dramatic St. Regis Tower and the wavy Aqua building, the austere Equitable Building next door to Tribune Tower, the vibrant GEMS World Academy, Chicago’s iconic Riverwalk. What...

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OMA & KOO @ UIC

OMA & KOO @ UIC

The competition-winning design by OMA – Office for Metropolitan Architecture and KOO LLC for the University of Illinois at Chicago's Center for the Arts consists of two towers and some performance spaces beneath a tent-like roof. Credit:World-Architects.com

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KOO Completes Design of Sable at Navy Pier

KOO Completes Design of Sable at Navy Pier

The latest Curio Collection hotel embraces local history and the appeal of its waterfront location Hilton has expanded its Curio Collection with the opening of Sable at Navy Pier in Chicago. Locally based architecture and design firm KOO spearheaded design for the...

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Sable Hotel opens on Navy Pier

Sable Hotel opens on Navy Pier

On a beautiful July day back in 2018, anticipation was high as the crowd sipped champagne, listened to speeches and applauded the ground breaking on the Sable Hotel--the first hotel on Navy Pier.. Little did any of us know what was lurking in the future. But through...

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