Gap is in talks to lease 8,325 sq ft at 700 North Michigan, a sign the Magnificent Mile’s retail recovery is gathering steam.

SPF, a Chicago recreation group, bought Johnny's IceHouse East in the West Loop; operators will lease back the rink through June 15, 2026 as plans take shape.

City Council signed off on a four-building, 90-unit development at 3746–3766 S. Michigan in Bronzeville, including 18 affordable units at 60% AMI. Construction is expected to begin in March 2026.

A 49-year-old Central Stickney man was arrested in connection with a Dec. 12 Brighton Park shooting that grazed a driver; he faces an aggravated battery charge.

Thieves stripped airbags from 24 Hondas across Lakeview, smashing windows and leaving owners with expensive repairs as the thefts mirror a citywide trend. Police are asking for tips.

Chicago's coworking inventory jumped about 25% last year — roughly 65 new spaces and about 2 million square feet — and a D.C. operator has leased Loop space.

A 16-year-old was arrested in Austin and charged with first-degree murder in the May 3, 2025 West Quincy Street shooting that killed a 24-year-old man.

Two separate shootings in Aurora on Monday night left a home struck by gunfire and two juveniles hospitalized after a car-to-car shootout; detectives are searching for a dark SUV.

City sanitation workers found a woman shot to death on a dirt road in the 600 block of East 134th Place on Chicago’s Far South Side. Area Two detectives are investigating and no arrests have been announced.

Detectives say two people were robbed after a Facebook Marketplace meetup in unincorporated Maine Township; one suspect reportedly displayed a firearm.

Marquette landed a $55M construction loan to build The Union, a 238-unit mixed-use project in Villa Park, clearing the way for new housing and retail downtown.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s executive order launches a 150‑day review to identify potential sites and rules for roughly 2 GW of new nuclear capacity, with an early target of construction by 2033.

A two-vehicle crash on IL Route 71 early Saturday left two people dead and closed the road for hours while state police investigated.