More cities are looking to green projects to fight climate change. Chicago is now powering all its municipal buildings with 100% renewable energy and the city helped finance a major solar farm.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two historic skyscrapers will remain standing tall downtown, after the federal government reversed course on a plan to have them torn down. The Century and Consumers buildings are ...

Chicago will grant $150 million in subsidies to real estate developers to convert unused office space in the once-vibrant downtown district into hotels and apartments in hopes of revitalizing the ...

Part of Rotta Loria’s research involved building a 3D computer model to simulate the evolution of ground temperatures since 1951 — when Chicago completed its subway tunnels — and predict it ...

The 21-story Consumers Building, completed in 1913 and designed by the historic Chicago firm of Jenney, Mundie & Jensen, includes a rare surviving example of an early 20th century office building ...

Solution for Chicago's empty office buildings could be microapartments, study says Gensler and the Pew Charitable Trusts said co-living buildings with microapartments could be a step forward in ...