Client: Chicago Red Stars Source: Daily Mail A female-led group of Chicago investors fronted by Laura Ricketts has reached a deal in principle to buy the NWSL's Red Stars, it has been confirmed. Chicago Red Stars has been on the market ever since majority owner Arnim Whisler put the women's soccer team up for sale last

Client: Chicago Red Stars Source: Chicago Sun-Times The Cubs co-owner also has an ownership stake in the WNBA’s Sky. After a nearly two-year tailspin, the Red Stars are being rerouted. And the direction looks nothing like the past. Laura Ricketts, a co-owner of the Cubs and a recent addition to the Sky’s ownership group,

Client: Chicago Red Stars Source: Crain's Chicago Business Chicago Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts is leading a group of women from the Chicago business and civic scene to buy the Chicago Red Stars for $35.5 million, a deal that stands to end a dark chapter for the National Women's Soccer League franchise under founder and

Client: Chicago Red Stars Source: Sports Business Journal A group of investors led by Cubs co-owner and WNBA Chicago Sky minority owner Laura Ricketts has agreed in principle to purchase the NWSL Chicago Red Stars in a deal that will pay the club's current owners, led by majority stakeholder Arnim Whisler, up to $35.5M.

Client: Chicago Red Stars Source: The Athletic The Chicago Red Stars and a group of business leaders led by Laura Ricketts, co-owner of MLB’s Chicago Cubs, have reached an agreement in principle to purchase the NWSL team, Ricketts’ spokesperson announced Tuesday. The terms are the deal were not disclosed. Here’s what you need to know: The transaction must receive

Client: Chicago Red Stars Source: Chicago Tribune Laura Ricketts, a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, is leading a diverse group of local women business and civic leaders to purchase the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League. Terms of the contract were not disclosed Tuesday, and the ownership group must receive approval

Client: Chicago Community Trust Source: Crain's Chicago Business  It began with an audacious idea between five Black developers on Chicago’s South Side. Purchase 12 vacant lots in West Woodlawn to “Buy Back the Block” of 6300 South Langley Avenue. Just two years later, the idea became reality this March, with five new apartment buildings

Client: Chicago Community Trust Source: WGN9 Governor Pritzker is expected to sign a bill that would close a property tax loophole that many have complained about for years. It’s known as the “sale in error” approach and is often used by large institutional investors looking to profit from holding on to a delinquent tax

Client: Chicago Community Trust Source: Chicago Sun-Times Cook County’s property tax system is confusing enough when people pay on time, but when they don’t, there’s a whole new level of bewilderment. Properties with back taxes go into a knot of tax sales in which investors pay what’s due and then try — or maybe

Client: Chicago Community Trust Source: Rock River Current ROCKFORD — An Illinois House committee has moved forward legislation designed to close loopholes in the delinquent tax sale system that leave properties trapped between abandonment and new ownership. Senate Bill 1675 Amendment 1 would limit reasons a “sale in error” can be granted. For example, when there is