Automotive What Can Your Law Firm Do for You? — Chicago Business Attorney Blog — September 9, 2021 Christin Hakim, March 16, 2024March 19, 2023 Attorneys Misty Cygan and Geo Bellas can help your get business off to a good start. We’ve run a series of posts recently about the steps involved in launching a business. These have covered issues like deciding what type of business you want to start and what your business model… Continue Reading
Real Estate TPG Real Estate Acquired Cinespace Studios In Chicago And Toronto – Deadline Christin Hakim, August 31, 2023March 19, 2023 TPG Real Estate Partners has acquired the studio campuses of Cinespace Studios in Chicago and Toronto — combined the second largest independent sound stage platform in North America — as the buying, selling and building of sound stages continues at a fast clip. It’s the firm’s second major deal in… Continue Reading
Real Estate TPG Real Estate Buys Cinespace Toronto, Chicago Studios for $1.1 Billion – The Hollywood Reporter Christin Hakim, January 31, 2023March 19, 2023 TPG Real Estate Partners has purchased studio campuses in Toronto and Chicago belonging to Cinespace Studios, home to production of major films and TV series like Dick Wolf’s Chicago Fire, Chicago PD and Chicago Med, Netflix’s Umbrella Academy and MGM’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Terms of the deal were not disclosed,… Continue Reading
Entertainment Chicago Alt-Weekly Survives Column Clash, Going Nonprofit | Entertainment News Christin Hakim, May 17, 2022 By KATHLEEN FOODY, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Reader, the city’s famed alt-weekly, is expected to become a nonprofit this month after the sale was nearly derailed over a co-owner’s column opposing COVID-19 vaccine requirements for children. The publication was on track to be sold to the new… Continue Reading
tech League Raised $95M, Cameo’s NFT Push, and More Chicago Tech News Christin Hakim, February 17, 2022 Photo: Shutterstock Get your fill of tech news from Chicago with these big headlines discussing all things tech, and all things new. This is the Built In Chicago weekly refresh. Loadsmart gained $200M. Loadsmart achieved unicorn status after a Series D funding round led by SoftBank Latin America Fund. Loadsmart uses… Continue Reading
sport 2nd annual Chicago sports broadcast media power rankings Christin Hakim, January 21, 2022 I’ve heard colleagues refer to the sports department as the toy department. Anyone who would take offense to that would be taking themselves too seriously. Sports are fun and games. They provide an escape from real-world issues and the heartbreaking stories produced by other departments. But sometimes those stories cross… Continue Reading
Automotive Chicago woman quarantined in airplane bathroom for 3 hours after testing positive for Covid-19 mid-flight Christin Hakim, January 4, 2022 By Sara Smart and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN After a woman tested positive for Covid-19 midflight, the bathroom became her seat for the next few hours. Marisa Fotieo was on an Icelandair flight from Chicago to Reykjavik, Iceland, on December 19, en route to her final destination of Switzerland with her… Continue Reading
tech Narrative Science Acquired, Cohesion Got $15M, and More Chicago Tech News Christin Hakim, November 22, 2021 Photo: Cohesion / Twitter Chicago companies are gaining recognition and reaching new heights. Keep reading to find out what these tech companies are up to following last week’s announcements. This is the Chicago weekly refresh. Heyday gained $555M. The latest Series C brings Heyday’s total capital raised to $800 million since the company’s… Continue Reading
tech Loadsmart’s New Office, Uptake’s New CEO, and More Chicago Tech News Christin Hakim, October 16, 2021 Photo: Loadsmart A handful of Chicago tech companies are starting off the new week with new things — like new offices, new executives, new fundings and so on. With so much going on in the city, here are the local tech headlines you may have missed. The Mom Project raised… Continue Reading
tech Copado Secured $140M, Sphera Acquired, and More Chicago Tech News Christin Hakim, September 22, 2021 photo: Copado / LinkedIn Companies are hard at work with a variety of growth moves. Read more to find out the latest developments in the Windy City tech front. This is the Built In Chicago weekly refresh. Copado raised $140M. As a newly minted unicorn following its Insight Partners-led Series C, the… Continue Reading