Chicago will move its full reopening date up three weeks to coincide with Illinois’ planned target of June 11, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Thursday, paving the way for the city to be the closest it’s been to life before COVID-19 since the pandemic started more than a year ago.
The move from the city came after weeks of the mayor’s administration keeping mum on whether Chicago will push up its previous target date of July 4 for a full opening. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced early last month that June 11 would be when the rest of the state would fully reopen and on Tuesday said Illinois was on track to meet that mark.
With Thursday’s announcement, Chicago is also scheduled to be the largest U.S. city to fully reopen by the June 11 date. New York City’s mayor has projected July 1 for a full reopening, while that goal is June 15 for Los Angeles as well as the rest of California. Nationwide, President Joe Biden has said July 4 is his target for a seemingly less sweeping “path to get closer to normal.”
Under Pritzker’s phase five plan for the state, a full reopening means Chicagoans and visitors alike will have few coronavirus-related restrictions to worry about on June 11. It follows 15 months of rules that at certain times included shutdowns of indoor dining, all-remote learning at public schools, a stay-at-home order and other constraints that marked a year of widespread sacrifice for public health.
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Here’s what’s happening Friday with COVID-19 in the Chicago area:
6 a.m.: As consumers head back to restaurants, offices and vacations, clothing brands make a big bet that all-day workout wear is here to stay
People are going back out in public, but before they leave home they’re weighing wardrobe questions that were largely irrelevant last year — from whether skinny jeans are still in to what’s OK to wear to work now that co-workers will see below a Zoom shirt.
While some look forward to again having occasions to get dressed up, the apparel industry is betting consumers won’t entirely give up the jogger pants, sweatshirts and other comfortable pieces that got them through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chicago-based Wilson Sporting Goods, better known for sports equipment, recently introduced a sportswear line and plans to open its first stores later this year. Meanwhile, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Kohl’s announced new private-label apparel brands in March: VRST, a men’s line at Dick’s Sporting Goods, and FLX, for both men and women, at Kohl’s.
“We expect that desire to be comfortable … to continue for the foreseeable future,” said Diana Smith, Mintel’s associate director for the U.S. retail and apparel industries. “It’s not a trend, it’s more of a lifestyle.”
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6 a.m.: Take a look inside Horizon’s new Deerfield HQ, designed for the post-pandemic era. ‘You have to give people a reason to come in.’
About a month after Horizon Therapeutics paid $115 million for a 70-acre office complex in Deerfield, workplaces throughout the country began shutting down because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rather than pause plans to convert Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.’s former campus to its U.S. headquarters, the Irish drug company forged ahead.
The retrofitting, led by the Lamar Johnson Collaborative architecture and design firm, gives Horizon room to spread out at a time when many workers are reluctant to return to offices after more than a year working from home.
“With COVID, one thing we looked at is the density,” said Tim Walbert, Horizon’s chairman, president and CEO. “Even if you overcome the pandemic, there are lingering views that you want to have more spa
Read more here. — Ryan Ori
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