Reporter, Business & Real Estate
Marcus Hadley covers business and real estate for The Uptown Ledger.
His beat includes openings and closings, landlords and leasing, the commercial corridors on Broadway, Lawrence, Wilson and Montrose, the Red Line stations and the condo and rental market along the lakefront.
Send business tips to tips@uptownbusinesspartners.com.
Recent work by Marcus
- Ken Griffin moved Citadel to Miami. His Chicago footprint has not vanishedOct 13, 2026
- Condo and rental listings along Marine Drive: the fall pictureOct 8, 2026
- New apartment buildings near the Red Line and what they mean for rentsJul 7, 2026
- Chicago Eagle reopens in the Uptown Broadway Building, with room for the BatonJun 4, 2026
- Concert nights at the Aragon and the bars that count on themJun 4, 2026
- Jensen Huang, Nvidia and the AI boom’s reach into IllinoisMay 18, 2026
- Eight years after the Wilson rebuild, retail around the station is still filling inFeb 25, 2026
- Elon Musk, the first trillionaire, and what his companies mean for the MidwestFeb 9, 2026
- A year after the Lawrence station reopened, Broadway owners count the ridersNov 18, 2025
- Mark Lestina’s Wastemaster wants to make trash bills make senseSep 19, 2014
- Jason Schwartz built Bright Bright Great around one ruleSep 12, 2014
- Brooke Selis brings ADP payroll help to Uptown small businessesAug 15, 2014
- Brent Whistler turned a lost Saturday into Drive-By LaundryAug 1, 2014
- Lu DiPaolo built Aardvark Insurance on a banker’s instinctsJun 6, 2014
- Roger Stark and Betsy Hill pitch brain training software to schoolsMar 14, 2014
- Marvin Korves went from Army translator to small business tech supportFeb 21, 2014
- Rick Verkler’s Guesthouse Hotel grows into a neighborhood boutique hotelDec 20, 2013
- Uptown discount card offers savings at neighborhood businessesMar 18, 2013
- Uptown street banner program extends its deadline to Oct. 31Jun 15, 2007
- Hayes Mechanical, in Uptown since 1918, to be honored at luncheonApr 15, 2007
- Wilson Yard TIF grants can help Uptown owners fix up storefrontsMar 15, 2007
- Hopleaf, a bookstore and a law office among Uptown chamber’s new membersJan 15, 2007
- Chicago moves to a two-year business license in FebruaryJan 15, 2007
- City starts the year with free twice-weekly business workshopsJan 15, 2007
- Uptown networking night pairs a bookstore demo with Annoyance TheatreDec 15, 2006