CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears unveiled a nearly $5 billion proposal Wednesday for an enclosed stadium next door to their current home at Soldier Field as part of a major project that would transform the city's lakefront, and they are asking for public funding to help make it happen. The plan calls for $3.2 billion for the new stadium plus an additional $1.5 billion in infrastructure. The ...
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NEW CARLISLE, Ind. (AP) — Amazon ’s cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services plans to invest $11 billion to build a data center in northern Indiana that will create at least 1,000 new jobs, state and company officials announced Thursday. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb called the project planned near the town of New Carlisle, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) west of South Bend, “the largest capital ...
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O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 3, which serves American Airlines among other carriers, is getting revamped. United and American airlines are still mulling Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to salvage construction of a global terminal and two satellite concourses at O’Hare Airport, projects the airline officials feared was $1.5 billion over budget.But there is no disagreement about the $200 ...
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Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger demolished a famed midcentury home designed by late architect Craig Ellwood to make room for a new, modern mansion. That's not how Erin Ellwood, Craig Ellwood's daughter, said she would have gone about it. "I think it would have been really cool to keep it and do something ... add to it in a really interesting, innovative way," Ellwood told The Times on ...
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With two major expansions of downtown Los Angeles cultural institutions in the works, Bunker Hill is primed to elevate its status as the region's leading arts center even as the area around it struggles with persistent homelessness and post-pandemic losses of office tenants. Bunker Hill will soon have the largest concentration of buildings designed by Frank Gehry in the world and promises to ...
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After months of negotiations with airlines over the massive, delayed rebuild of O’Hare International Airport, city officials are proposing a path forward with a key change. In a letter to airlines this week, the city proposed changing the sequencing of construction on a new Global Terminal and nearby satellite concourses, opting to “accelerate the completion of the Global Terminal,” which is ...
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A rendering of the planned new global Terminal 2 at O’Hare Airport.Studio Gang The planned new Termimal 2 at O'Hare Airport is one of Chicago's largest and most important infrastructure projects — one that is vital to city's future.Announced six years ago, the project's takeoff has remained delayed as United and American airlines beef with the city over the 2.2 million square foot global ...
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The iconic glass chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes overlooking the ocean has, for decades, been one of the most picturesque locations for Angelenos to marry. Its scenic vistas and renowned architecture have drawn new fans in the age of posting images on social media, and, recently, was upgraded to a National Historic Landmark. But this winter, an ancient landslide complex sitting below the ...
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration pumped more money into clean energy projects Thursday, announcing up to $475 million in federal funding for projects in five states — including the political battleground states of Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada. The projects will accelerate clean energy development on current and former mine lands, the U.S. Department of Energy announced. The ...
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The Philadelphia Phillies will join Comcast Spectacor on a planned mixed-use development project in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. The Phillies announced this week that the two organizations will collaborate over the next several years. “When I think about what makes Philadelphia unique, it’s our incredible fan base and tight-knit community. This project focuses on expanding that ...
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