Chicago Based Startup Triples Size of Office & Will Triple Staff in 2016
ReviewTrackers Finds New Home and Leverages Job Creation Tax Credit To Withstand Big Growth for Upcoming Year
Case-Shiller Home Price Index, November 2015
Today, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) released November 2015 values for its Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which tracks the prices of existing single-family homes in 20 U.S. metro areas. The index…
2015 Year in Review
Dear Colleague, I’d like to take a minute to thank you for your support in 2015, and provide a recap of the work we’ve done to drive growth throughout the…
$553.8M VC invested in Chicago in Q4 2015
DJX VentureSource has released its Q4 2015 venture capital report, which tracks investments into companies that have received at least one round of venture funding. Chicago’s $553.8 million VC dollars invested…
CASE Generates More Than $9M in Revenue Since Inception
World Business Chicago’s CASE initiative (Chicago Anchors for a Strong Economy) has generated more than $9 million in new contracts since its inception in 2014. The program leverages anchors (large…
Chicago Growing, Fourth Quarter 2015
GE Healthcare joins list of companies locating or expanding in Chicago
December Home Prices and Sales Up Over Last Year
Today, the Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR) reported that residential sales in the city of Chicago increased slightly by 0.4% since last year, with 2,029 sales in December 2015 compared…
Chicago Tourism Metrics, December 2015
Making Chicago a premier destination for tourism and entertainment is a major part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Plan for Economic Growth & Jobs that WBC is implementing to drive growth in Chicago.…
Chicago by the Numbers January 2016
World Business Chicago tracks indicators from month to month to gauge the strength of several aspects of Chicago’s economy, including employment in major sectors, residential and office real estate data,…