1 MIN READ — Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA) released an in-depth Loop residential impact study. The roughly 60-page report details residents’ economic importance and their demography, Loop housing supply, Loop housing affordability and five-year housing projections. To create the report, CLA conducted a survey of Loop residents in July 2022, and contracted research firm Goodman Williams Group to analyze and predict the current and future landscape of residential living in the Chicago Loop. View the full Loop residential impact study here.

8 MIN READ – Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA) released its new State of the Loop quarterly operations report on downtown activity, using a variety of data sources, in a similar fashion to the previous monthly operations reports released since July 2020.

6 MIN READ — The data this month indicates that office occupancy reached a record high since tracking began; public transportation saw continued progress; and hotel occupancy and pedestrians noted a dip as summer tourism receded.

4 MIN READ – Pervasive commercial vacancies along LaSalle Street in the Loop could be revitalized with new storefront businesses and more than 1,000 new homes, including 300 affordable units, through an Invitation for Proposals (IFP) announced by Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot as part of the City’s LaSalle Reimagined initiative.