Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Retail vacancy in Chicago’s central business district ...

Nearly five years after the onset of the pandemic, 1 in 3 storefronts remain vacant in the Loop as retail vacancy held steady in 2024. The Loop retail vacancy rate was 29.78% in 2024, down slightly ...

For years following the pandemic, a walk down State Street told a similar story: temporary signage, dark windows and little visible momentum. But the hard-hit corridor once defined by empty ...