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Working Lunch Wednesday, July 9, 2025 | | |
| | | | | It's lunchtime, Chicago. Northwestern Memorial Hospital is hoping to build a new tower on its Streeterville campus with more than 200 beds to better meet demand, according to an application filed with the state. The new tower would include 208 to 278 beds for medical/surgical use and 18 to 36 intensive care unit beds, according to the application. It would also consolidate oncology services now spread across five buildings on the hospital campus, and include imaging and infusion services and operating rooms. And in housing news, Mayor Brandon Johnson is charging ahead with an effort to make the construction of “granny flats” legal and straightforward in all Chicago neighborhoods. Read that story and more in today's Working Lunch. Top business stories | Real estate | Transportation | | | | A lack of enough hospital beds during times of high demand has caused “significant backups in the Emergency Department,” an application said. | | | | | Johnson said he plans to revive his bid to clear the way for garden apartments, attic-to-housing conversions and coach houses. | | | | | Believing there is enough strength in the north suburban corporate office market to interest a buyer, the owners of a six-story building on Skokie Boulevard have placed it on the market. | | | | | Johnson hinted Tuesday that the city may need a better deal before stock car drivers again race through its streets. | | | | | Dozens marched through the campus delivering a petition to formally ask school officials to recognize their new labor union. | | | | | The drastic drop in immigrants and increased efforts to deport more foreign-born workers could subtract about 0.8 percentage point from the gross domestic product in 2025, according to an analysis. | | | |
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