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Working Lunch Friday, March 14, 2025 | | |
| | | | | It's lunchtime, Chicago. Chicago-area housing organizations are facing funding cuts from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, with some recently receiving termination notices for grants while others are in limbo as they wait for overdue
contracts or to see what happens with expected awards. The groups say the disruption in funding could potentially halt their work, which includes providing services to the homeless population and people facing housing discrimination, as well as supporting community revitalization efforts. And in Glenview, the Logistics Campus, a sprawling north suburban industrial development on the site of the former Allstate headquarters, has landed its first tenant since completing the initial phase of construction in October. Read that story and more in today's Working Lunch. Get news alerts | Top business stories | Real estate | | | | “Without having the resources to enforce existing fair housing laws, these protections for families are significantly less meaningful,” said one expert. | | | | | HuFriedyGroup has agreed to lease the largest of five warehouses that have sprung up along the Tri-State Tollway in Glenview. | | | | | Using Consumer Price Index data, the Tribune is tracking 11 everyday costs for Americans and how they are changing under the Trump administration. | | | | | As Tribune photo editor Marianne Mather looked through the Tribune’s photo archive, she realized that much of the city’s history has been intertwined with the Walgreens chain. | | | | | Now a private equity executive, Todd Siwak led Ferrara Candy and then served as president of Ferrero North America, which acquired Ferrara in 2017. | | | |
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