Downtown office buildings emptied out by the pandemic are being scooped up and refurbished with new amenities • After mitigation measures, residents say Aurora data center still creating noise issues
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| | | | | One year after taking a buyout and leaving the Chicago Sun-Times, longtime film and TV critic Richard Roeper has landed a new media home at NBC 5 Chicago. | | | | | The spiffed-up properties mean employees who commute downtown — even just a couple of days a week — could find new workspace amenities like tenant lounges and rooftop terraces. | | | | | Some residents living near the CyrusOne data center in Aurora say that, despite mitigations, the facility is still causing noise issues. | | | | | A top Federal Reserve official said Monday that an interest rate hike could be appropriate if inflation remains persistently above the central bank’s 2% target. | | | | | Nation’s high court declined Monday to hear a legal challenge to an Illinois law barring concealed carry permit holders from carrying loaded guns on public transportation. | | | | | NIPSCO won’t disconnect residential customers for nonpayment through May 15, according to an update from the utility. | | | | | Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 400,000 vehicles because the windshield wiper arms can break, causing reduced visibility and increasing the risk of a crash. | | | | | This four-bedroom, four-and-a-half bath home in Arlington Heights features mid-century modern accents, an 18-foot vaulted ceiling, floor-to-ceiling windows and a see-through gas fireplace in the family room. | | | |