Billionaire couple Lester and Renee Crown sell Water Tower Place condo for $5.5M • A shot to fix Chicago’s parking meter deal? Aldermen test chances amid sale.
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| | | | | Recreational boaters, like motorists, are feeling a pinch from U.S. gas prices related to the Iran war. | | | | | Billionaire couple Renee and Lester Crown sold their five-bedroom, 6,200-square-foot combined condominium on the 37th floor of Water Tower Place Friday for their $5.5 million asking price. | | | | | Aldermen want to find ways to force a New York hedge fund aiming to buy the much-loathed parking meter lease from Chicago Parking Meters LLC to at least tweak the terms. | | | | | A day after his death in Bridgeport, colleagues remembered Riley O’Neil as devoting his life “to making cycling better and safer.” | | | | | A bill strengthening protections for adults under guardianship gained approval from Illinois lawmakers, six months after publication of a Tribune investigation. | | | | | The Chicago Bears announced plans to move to Indiana. Some Illinois political leaders pointed fingers at the Bears over the breakdown in negotiations, while others are holding out hope for an eventual deal in Illinois. | | | | | Following stalled efforts in the Illinois legislature over regulating data centers, Gov. JB Pritzker paused tax incentives for the facilities beginning July 1. | | | | | Munster Town Council members aren’t thinking about putting a data center within its limits right now, but they would like to reserve the right to change their minds. | | | |