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Working Lunch Monday, June 23, 2025 | | |
| | | | | It's lunchtime, Chicago. The war of words over what went wrong with developer Sterling Bay’s grand vision for its Lincoln Yards development on the North Side continues,
even while the city waits to see what will happen with the sprawling site. Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently fired back at Sterling Bay, saying company leadership blamed their project’s failure to launch on her one-term administration. Meanwhile, the luxury hotel K9 Resorts, a national pet hotel chain which bills itself as the Ritz-Carlton for dogs, is opening its first Illinois location Monday in Deerfield. Read that story and more in today's Working Lunch. Top business stories | Real estate | Transportation | | | | JDL Development is currently negotiating to take over the nearly vacant megadevelopment site. | | | | | The facility features room service and individual suites with high-definition TVs tuned 24/7 to DogTV and Animal Planet. | | | | | A tax hike passed by Illinois lawmakers this spring would triple the levy on a number of vaping and tobacco products. | | | | | Built in the 1910s and known as the Lincoln Bathhouse, the building is one of only four surviving former municipal bathhouse structures in the city. | | | | | Riders can now purchase day passes that cover unlimited rides on all three transit systems, the agencies announced Friday. | | | | | Five generations have helmed Anderson’s Bookshop in downtown Naperville since it opened as part of a family-owned drugstore. | | | | | The retailer is providing more details about the proposed store it wants to build in the former Sears anchor space at Orland Square shopping center. | | | |
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