There is a big smile on my face this morning because I have something good to say about big business in Chicago. Specifically the JPMorgan Chase big banking business in a 60-story skyscraper on South Dearborn St., two blocks west of the Art Institute, best known as the Morgan Chase Office Tower. 2,000,000 square feet for thousands of Morgan Chase and other big business employees and tourists flocking to the tower to see the famous Marc Chagall Four Seasons mosaic now sitting in what will be a big outdoor garden. The tower is about to be renovated to include a state-of-the-art fitness center and a new food court. In fact, a whole new interior design, new colors, new steel, new wood, new glass, top-to-bottom new everything, all to be finished within two years. A magnificent rehab, says Morgan Chase, that will further crown The Loop as one of the world’s great financial centers. The plan is to challenge the comforts of business at home, to draw people back to the collaboration of business in an office, and to enjoy the excitement of events and restaurants downtown. Hats off to you, Morgan Chase, and lots, lots, of good luck!

Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective: