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Chicago Growing, Second Quarter 2015

Chicago-based user experience and digital product development consultancy, ÄKTA, recently announced it will move to 205 W. Wacker Drive to accommodate the company’s rapid growth. The new two-floor space will…

Chicago Growing, First Quarter 2015

Recently, Textura Corporation (NYSE: TXTR), a leading provider of collaboration solutions for the construction industry, announced it will open an innovation center in downtown Chicago in a move that will…

Chicago Named 2014 "Top Metro" for New and Expanding Companies

Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that for the second year in a row, Chicago was named the “Top Metro” in the nation* for corporate investment by Site Selection Magazine, considered…

Chicago Young Adult Migration Analysis

As part of the second quarter 2013 release of the Illinois Innovation Index, World Business Chicago used U.S. Census American Community Survey data to analyze young adult migration to and from…

WBC Report Cites More than 600 Major Regional Corporate Expansions and Relocations in 2012

More than 600 companies located or expanded in the Chicago region in 2012 according to World Business Chicago’s (WBC) 2012 Business Growth Profile, which was released today. The report highlights…

City of Chicago Submits Bid For Free Trade Area Of The Americas (FTAA) Secretariat

CHICAGO, November 20, 2003 – The City of Chicago today submitted its notification of interest to become the permanent host of the Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the…