Crain's Daily Gist

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March 10 How the Obama Center is already changing its environs
As the Obama Center nears its opening this summer, signs of a changing neighborhood are emerging around it. Crain’s commercial real estate reporter Rachel Herzog discusses with host Amy Guth.

Plus: Banks take fight over Illinois credit card swipe-fee law to appeals court; biotherapy maker CSL plans $1.5 billion expansion near Kankakee; small cities are a big part of the O’Hare expansion that alarmed the FAA; and Ford’s CEO gifts Pope Leo an Explorer — built in Chicago by one of his former students.

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26 min
March 10 Nursing faces a demographic cliff
Nursing schools are racing to stave off a looming workforce crisis. Meanwhile, the Illinois attorney general joined pushback from states and nurses against changes to federal student loans. Crain’s contributing reporter Jon Asplund joins host Amy Guth to talk the latest from teh health care beat.

Plus: Trump defends law firm exec orders in revived Jenner appeal, Obama Presidential Center sets June opening celebration, Saks Fifth Avenue leaving the Mag Mile and Sens. Durbin and Duckworth tell FAA O’Hare needs more air traffic controllers.

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22 min
March 06 Chicago's $14 billion stadium question
With Chicago facing a turning point on public funds for stadiums, Chicago Fire FC broke ground on its new, privately funded South Loop stadium. Crain’s reporter Danny Ecker discusses with host Amy Guth.

Plus: Illinois joins states suing Trump over new tariffs, developers pay $20 million for Clybourn Corridor retail center to gain air rights for high-rise, Capital One cutting over 1,100 jobs in latest layoffs related to Discover deal and World Business Chicago kicks off competition for city’s next big idea.

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29 min
March 04 Anxiety over housing affordability deepens
Crain’s residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin joins host Amy Guth top talk news from the local market, including a new poll that found housing costs now top crime as Chicago voters’ biggest concern.

Plus: American blames United’s "reckless scheduling" for O’Hare woes, CME and Cboe shares rallied to record high as volumes surge on Iran war, Oak Brook retail center sold for $44 million and Chicago Fire FC breaks ground on new South Loop stadium.

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41 min
March 03 The haves and have nots of work lunch
Crain’s commercial real estate reporter Rachel Herzog talks with host Amy Guth about the Loop’s uneven recovery creating a tale of two work lunches.

Plus: Chicago on shortlist for 2028 Democratic National Convention, Trump administration drops fight over executive order targeting Jenner & Block, logistics firm RJW adds to spree of suburban warehouse leasing deals and quantum firms set up across Chicago ahead of South Works campus.

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21 min
March 02 Blame game over Chicago's credit downgrade
Mayor Brandon Johnson and City Council members are pointing fingers over Chicago's latest credit downgrades. Crain’s politics reporter Justin Laurence discusses with host Amy Guth.

Plus: FAA targets O’Hare flight growth as airline feud heats up; Blackhawks unveil ice center addition as 1901 Project nears spring start; Northwestern Memorial, Rush, UChicago hospitals ranked among best in the world by Newsweek; and Cook County Health and City Colleges to train 1,000 health care workers with $5 million from Pritzker Traubert Foundation.

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25 min
February 27 Chicago's coming transit revamp
As regional transit is preparing for its historic overhaul, it stands to potentially reinvent how people get around the area. Crain's reporter John Pletz discusses the public transportation overhaul with host Amy Guth.

Plus: Springfield inches toward a Bears deal as Indiana governor signs stadium bill into law, Mayor Johnson and City Council trade blame as Chicago’s credit is downgraded, Schaumburg reportedly settles Motorola TIF fight over remote work and distress specialist nears deal for Citadel’s former Loop HQ.

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31 min
February 25 Chicago-area home sales dip to new lows
Crain’s residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin joins host Amy Guth to talk news from the local housing market, including how Chicago home prices flattened out as sales plunged in January.

Plus: After weeks of tension, Pritzker strikes more upbeat tone on Bears tax talks; AbbVie investing $380 million on two new plants in North Chicago, adding 300 workers; Rivian doubles down on Illinois for mass-market R2; and Chicago Fed's Goolsbee says tariff ruling could help cool inflation.

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45 min
February 24 Two Chicago giants hit the reset button
Crain's reporter Ally Marotti talks with host Amy Guth about the playbooks of the CEOs behind Ulta Beauty and Kraft Heinz.

Plus: Uber is acquiring parking app SpotHero, Trump funding cuts and threats to Illinois reach $61.5 billion and counting, Abbott lines up one of the year's biggest bond sales at $20 billion and government still dominates as largest employer in Chicago for 2026.

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34 min
February 23 Lakeview getting more rental stock
Crain’s commercial real estate reporter Rachel Herzog joins host Amy Guth to talk the latest in apartments and retail news, including 300 new apartments coming to Lakeview and a pickleball company buying a West Loop ice rink.

Plus: After Indiana gambit, Bears signal progress in Illinois; Wells Fargo cuts jobs, closes Rosemont office following $4.2 billion sale of rail business; data-center development could stall under new Illinois move; and potential strike at BP refinery is a test of labor leverage in a changing economy.

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25 min

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