The renovation of the Palmer House Hilton has not only improved the hotel, it has also helped revive a once-downtrodden section of the Chicago Loop.

The renovation of the Palmer House Hilton has not only improved the hotel, it has also helped revive a once-downtrodden section of the Chicago Loop.

Sheriff Thomas J. Dart of Cook County said an increasing number of the residents being evicted were renters who might have been dutifully paying their rent.

The airport stands to become the first large privately run hub airport in the country after an investment group bid $2.52 billion to win rights to a long-term lease.

Governments are overcoming their wariness of private funds as they struggle to finance public improvements.

Cleaning up road kill and maintaining runways may not sound like cutting-edge investments. But banks and funds with big money seem to think so.

Cleaning up road kill and maintaining runways may not sound like cutting-edge investments. But banks and funds with big money seem to think so.

While there has been no construction on Chicago’s famed LaSalle street in over a decade, several buildings are being redeveloped.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange marked a milestone in its 110-year history as the last floor traders wrapped up business at the building that has served as the Merc’s home since 1983.

Analysts expect the companies to become a potent new marketing force as they try to appeal to a fast-growing markets in countries like China, India and Russia.