Crain's is reporting on the Pete's grocery opening

04/05/2010

Crain's published a piece today about Pete's Fresh Market, the grocer the city chose to build at the southeast corner of Madison and Western. Pete's still needs to buy the land from the city and rezone it from its current residential classification, the Crain's article notes. Read More...

Seven hurt in crash near Union Park

03/31/2010

The Tribune is reporting on a crash that injured seven people, include two kids, on Warren Blvd., near Union Park. Read More...

Downtown office vacancies are up

03/29/2010

Crain's is reporting that the vacancy rate for office buildings downtown has reached a four-year high. Read More...

Thirty-seven students per class in CPS?

03/16/2010

The Sun-Times reports on an internal CPS report that suggests administrators are considering increasing the size of classrooms in Chicago's public schools. Read More...

Fioretti for mayor?

03/11/2010

The Chicago Reader's Mick Dumke includes 2nd Ward Ald. Robert Fioretti in his list of 10 possibly contender for mayor. Read More...

Wacker, Congress projects hit by lawsuits

03/09/2010

Walsh Construction has sued to have its bid declared the winner for the Wacker and Congress construction projects, but the City of Chicago plans to rebid the work, Crain's is reporting. Read More...

Fioretti, Burnett: oversight for contracts needed

03/03/2010

Alds. Robert Fioretti (2nd) and Walter Burnett (27th) are calling for the city council to extend oversight over city contracts, the Sun-Times is reporting. Read More...

Former South Loop principal at Pulaski

02/26/2010

Former South Loop Elementary principal Pat Baccellieri will serve as Pulaski Elementary's new leader. Hat tip: District 299 blog. Read More...

Could McCormick Place be privatized?

02/23/2010

The Tribune reports that the Daley Administration is considering privatizing McCormick Place, the city's massive convention center on the Near South Side. Read More...

Congress Parkway remake and the stimulus package

02/19/2010

Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin sees the Congress Parkway remake as an example of that the federal stimulus package wasn't a "pork-laden boondoggle." Read More...