John Pletz
Senior Reporter at Crain's Chicago Business
I cover tech, startups, weed and airlines @CrainsChicago Business. It's an eclectic mix of things that can take off and get you high. [email protected]
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4 weeks ago |
chicagobusiness.com | John Pletz
Sales of electric vehicles in Illinois have perked up in recent months, well above the uptick nationally, as consumer and corporate purchasers took advantage of incentives. The number of new EVs registered across the state totaled 9,821 January through March, compared with 6,535 during the same period a year ago. Even discarding March, which was unusually weak a year ago, total registrations in January and February were up 37%.
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4 weeks ago |
chicagobusiness.com | John Pletz
Some familiar names in Chicago business circles were among the biggest spenders during the 2024 elections. Uline founder Richard Uihlein and, his wife, Elizabeth, gave $143.5 million, according to a list released today by OpenSecrets, a nonprofit based in Washington that tracks money in politics. The Uihleins are longtime Republican donors perhaps best known for backing former Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner.
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1 month ago |
chicagobusiness.com | John Pletz
An investor group that includes Chicago restaurant industry veterans plans to close a $100 million investment fund next month. Emerging Fund invests in experiential entertainment, with deals that include Chicago-based dining concepts F1 Arcade and Puttshack. The fund’s general partners include longtime restaurant consultant Mathew Focht, restaurant owner Matt Menna of Four Corners Tavern Group, and John Davie, founder of Boston-based restaurant-purchasing software company Buyers Edge.
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1 month ago |
chicagobusiness.com | John Pletz
Two high-profile tenants are expanding at Fulton Labs, the Trammell Crow-owned building at 400 N. Aberdeen St., and a new tenant is moving in. The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub and Portal Innovations are adding about a half-floor of space each in the building, which features lab and office space. P33, a public-private partnership focused on Chicago’s technology strategy, is moving into the building from space nearby.
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1 month ago |
chicagobusiness.com | John Pletz
The Chicago area’s population is finally growing again, with the metro area and Cook County among those nationally that added the most total residents last year, according to new Census Bureau estimates. The 12-county metro area added 70,762 residents between July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024, an increase of 0.8%, to 9.4 million. Cook County added 40,095 residents, also an increase of 0.8%, to almost 5.2 million. Chicago added the ninth-most residents of any metro area in the U.S. last year.
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