Alex Zorn

The Department of Commercie has committed $2B to quantum companies including IBM, PsiQuantum, Infleqtion and more. Here's how Chicago stands to benefit.

Highlights from this week's The Beat newsletter: Life-sciences funding is off to a slow start in Chicago in 2026, and Lincoln International raised $421M in its IPO.

Ever wonder what the return on investment is for sports sponsorship opportunities? This Chicago thinks it has an answer.

VectorBuilder chose Chicago over North Carolina for a $50 million R&D lab. But its COO says high real estate costs remain a barrier to the city's biotech goals.

Design firm KTGY has consolidated its studios in downtown Chicago. Find out why.

The Jewelers Building is embarking on a $25 million renovation project to drive leasing. Learn more here.

Rising vacancy and slowing development don't tell the full story when it comes to Chicago's industrial market.

When AMI Group, a caterer to the travel industry, set out to establish an outpost in Chicago, any old office space wouldn't do. Here's what the needed and where they found it.

Your best engineers shouldn't be firefighters. Chicago's Kosmos just raised $5 million to change that.

The $7 billion 1901 Project around the United Center just broke ground — kicking off one of the largest private investments in Chicago's West Side in generations.