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Top 100 cities (minimum 100K population) with highest change of $200K earning households from 2020 to 2024. Surprises? Top 5 ------- 1. NYC: 193,065 households 2. Los Angeles: 86,359 3. Chicago: 64,011 4. San Diego: 47,669 5. Seattle: 42,719 Source: US Census ACS 5 Year
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The man and team behind some Filipino spots in Chicago Kanin ( Hawaiian), Del Sur Bakery, Novel Pizza Cafe, Drip Collective, etc are planning to open a new spot in Chicago Kiko's Pizza coming to Andersonville (not sure where) - serving up tavern style instagram.com/kikospizza.chi
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Change in the number of $150K earning households from 2020 to 2024 for all 77 community areas of Chicago. Top 5 1. West Town: 7865 households 2. Near North Side: 5672 3. Lake View: 5222 4. Near West Side: 4998 5. Logan Square: 3526
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California-based handbag maker Hammitt opened their first retail shop outside of California last week - in Lincoln Park in Chicago at 838 W Armitage Ave. Their other stores are near Los Angeles and near San Diego instagram.com/p/DaGkHF0AS-n

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SF tech company Stripe signs a 130K sq ft office expansion in downtown Chicago (River North) They currently have 89K sq ft and now they'll have 222K sq ft. It hints at a hiring run in Chicago chicagobusiness.com/real-est…

Stripe inks massive Chicago office lease expansion

The lease is one of the biggest downtown workspace expansions in years and provides a major boost to a local office market still reeling from the post-pandemic downsizing trend.

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Downtown Chicago now has a small Pinball museum - everything playable. The Flip is now open in the pedway at Block 37 in The Loop. It relocated from Pilsen just a few weeks ago. They have something from almost every decade since the 1930s 1 from 1800s. theflip.museum

The Flip — Chicago's Playable Pinball Museum

30 playable pinball machines spanning 1932 to today. Now open in downtown Chicago.

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And yes it's the same as the one in Lombard, which happens to actually be a chain from the Toronto area.
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This just opened this afternoon - good to see places getting taken up that were vacant since a handful of years before even COVID in a prime area.
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New carry out location to employ 15 people
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Also, Volare is planning to relocate to a different downtown location in 2030 for their main Streeterville location.
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The demand for carryout orders at Volare in Streeterville is currently so high that they are planning to open a carryout only location at 111 E Chestnut St in Gold Coast in September. Limited to pasta and pizza. Former Starbucks location, closed last late September
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Chicago Greek restaurant Yaya Ma's Greek Kuzina has opened up a 2nd location just off the Mag Mile at 46 E Chicago Ave. Replaces Wow Bao (closed 2020) It is open til 5am Wednesday thru Saturday and 12am other nights. They're opening a 3rd location in Logan Square this year too.
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49 E Oak St was home to George Greene, which I am pretty sure closed 2 or so years ago with the space vacant since.
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Don't 100% quote me on it, but 177 year old London based boot/shoe maker John Lobb may be opening a store in Chicago at 49 E Oak St. This would be only their 3rd store in the US (Manhattan and Beverly Hills). They also have stores in in Paris, Dubai, London, Shanghai, Tokyo, etc
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Here's the top for ALL states 1. North Carolina: 7.1% 2. Texas: 6.9% 3. Connecticut: 6.8% 4. Pennsylvania: 6.6% 5. Ohio: 6.5% 6T. Kansas: 6.4% 6T. Louisiana: 6.4% 6T. New Hampshire: 6.4% 9T. Arizona: 6.3% 9T. Illinois: 6.3% 9T. New York: 6.3% 9T. South Carolina: 6.3%
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21T. Minnesota: 5.4% 21T. Washington: 5.4% 23. Virginia: 4.7% 24. Maryland: 4.4%
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11. California: 6.1% 12T. Florida: 6% 12T. Michigan: 6% 12T. Tennessee: 6% 15. Colorado: 5.9% 16T. Indiana: 5.8% 16T. New Jersey: 5.8% 18. Missouri: 5.7% 19T. Alabama: 5.5% 19T. Wisconsin: 5.5%
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Percent change - GDP by state Q1 2025 to Q1 2026. Only states 5M ppl: 1. North Carolina: 7.1% 2. Texas: 6.9% 3. Pennsylvania: 6.6% 4. Ohio: 6.5% 5T. Arizona: 6.3% 5T. Illinois: 6.3% 5T. New York: 6.3% 5T. South Carolina: 6.3% 9T. Georgia: 6.2% 9T. Massachusetts: 6.2%
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Building permit was issued yesterday to convert the 16 story office building at 19 S LaSalle in The Loop, Chicago to have 175 residences. It will also have a 32 room hotel on the 2nd and 3rd floors. The building was originally built in 1893
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I believe Theaster Gates personally made all the ceramics for this too (cups and plates)
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