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Albert Friedman Getting $20M from Temporary Bally’s Casino

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Albert Friedman gets $20M from temporary Bally’s casino

From left: Nomura Holdings CEO Kentaro Okuda and former Mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot (Getty, Nomura Holdings)

City consultant for casino choice had financial ties to Bally’s

KMW founder Bill Williams, Mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot, and a rendering of the planned project at 132 North Kedzie Avenue (Getty, We Will Chicago, KMW)

Michaels, KMW, TruDelta win $47M Garfield Park project

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From left: Paul Vallas, Chuy Garcia, Thad Wong, Lori Lightfoot, and Jeff Lowe

Here’s what real estate wants from Chicago’s next mayor

49th Ward alderman Maria Hadden and 22nd Ward Ald. Michael Rodriguez (Sarah-Ji Rhee, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons, Mike Rodriguez)

Pols eye property tax loans backed by pandemic recovery funds

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Representative Jesus “Chuy Garcia, and Alderman Edward Burke (Getty, Kate Gardiner, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

It’s official: LIghtfoot in race, Burke on way out

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, George Marcus, Fred Latsko and Laura Ricketts (Getty, LinkedIn, Marcus & Millichap Real Estate)

These real estate players gave to Lightfoot last quarter

State Representative Theresa Mah, Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez and Mayor Lori Lightfoot with 2420 South State Street (Ward 25, Representative Theresa Mah, Getty, Google Maps)

Officials push against $120M Near South Side school

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Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot and Accenture Tower (Photo-illustration by Kevin Rebong/The Real Deal)

Chicago’s long road to commercial real estate recovery

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and McLaurin's Zeb McLaurin with rendering of Englewood Connect and Engine Co. 84 firehouse (City of Chicago, McLaurin Development Partners, Google Maps)

Englewood Connect mixed-use development underway

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (right) and Marcus & Millichap founder George Marcus (Getty, Marcus & Millichap)

Lightfoot campaign bags Marcus & Millichap cash

Mayor Lori Lightfoot (Illustration by The Real Deal with Getty)

Lightfoot omits inflation-linked $42M tax hike from budget

Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot and McDonald's Chris Kempczinsk (Getty Images)

Lightfoot fires back at McDonald’s CEO for crime comments

From left: Lori Lightfoot and Timmy Knudsen (Getty Images, Chicago's 43rd Ward/Timmy Knudsen)

Zoning appeals czar Knudsen gets Lightfoot’s nod for council slot

A photo illustration of 30th Ward Alderman Ariel Reboyras (Getty Images, 30th Ward Chicago)

“I’m tired of this.” Reboyras is 15th council member on the way out

From left: Mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot; Robin Schabes, River North Residents Association Development &amp; Land Use Committee; Jose Bedolla, West Central Association Board Member and real estate broker with Jameson Sotheby's International (Getty Images, LinkedIn/Robin Schabes, Sotheby's, Bally's)

Lightfoot’s casino advisory council light on real estate despite project’s potential to stir River West market

Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot, Maurice Edwards, Robin Schabes, Julie Darling and rendering of Bally's Chicago casino (Linkedin, Central Advisory Council, Getty, Bally's)