Emanuel leaves behind a city flush with development, mounting problems
By Alex Nitkin | May 10, 2019 11:00AM
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a thing for construction cranes. The mayor was known to ask for regular reports from...
Emanuel leaves behind a city flush with development, mounting problems
City doesn’t enforce law requiring commercial landlords to recycle: report
TRD Staff | May 08, 2019 02:00PM
Commercial property owners in Chicago are required by law to provide recycling services, but a new report shows the...
City doesn’t enforce law requiring commercial landlords to recycle: report
City Planning Commissioner Reifman resigns as Rahm’s term nears its end
TRD Staff | May 07, 2019 09:00AM
City Planning and Development Commissioner David Reifman is stepping down from his post after four years, exiting the key...
City Planning Commissioner Reifman resigns as Rahm’s term nears its end
Outlook cloudy for Elon Musk’s O’Hare tunnel in a post-Emanuel city
TRD Staff | February 10, 2019 10:30AM
Chicago’s mayoral candidates are skeptical at best and hostile at worst to Elon Musk’s proposal to build a 17-mile...
Outlook cloudy for Elon Musk’s O’Hare tunnel in a post-Emanuel city
As brutal cold grips city, mayor invokes emergency powers against bad landlords
By Alex Nitkin | January 30, 2019 12:31PM
With the city locked down amid wind chills pushing 50 degrees below zero, Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued a rare...
As brutal cold grips city, mayor invokes emergency powers against bad landlords
City wants firm with checkered past to build controversial $85M police and fire academy
TRD Staff | January 25, 2019 01:15PM
Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to hire AECOM to build the controversial police and fire training academy on the West...
City wants firm with checkered past to build controversial $85M police and fire academy
Chicago Cheat Sheet: Emanuel says Lincoln Yards will survive … & more
By John OBrien | January 09, 2019 05:00PM
Emanuel says Sterling Bay will revise Lincoln Yards plans Even after Alderman Brian Hopkins rejected Sterling Bay’s plans for...
Chicago Cheat Sheet: Emanuel says Lincoln Yards will survive … & more
Emanuel suggests Chicago casino could rise on SE Side
TRD Staff | December 13, 2018 12:05PM
Mayor Rahm Emanuel suggested the best place for a Chicago casino would be the city’s Far Southeast Side, saying...
Emanuel suggests Chicago casino could rise on SE Side
Emanuel wants a casino for Chicago, but where would it go?
By Alex Nitkin | December 12, 2018 04:00PM
State lawmakers and Chicago mayors have spent decades floating the concept of a casino in the city that would...
Emanuel wants a casino for Chicago, but where would it go?
Emanuel comes out against proposed property transfer tax increases
TRD Staff | November 01, 2018 09:00AM
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday threw cold water on the growing number of proposals to increase the costs of...
Emanuel comes out against proposed property transfer tax increases