Kushner Cos., owned by the family of President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, on Nov. 1 took out the $184 million loan on the 30-story building at 225 W. Randolph St., according to Cook County property records.
On Wednesday, The New York Times reported the loan from an affiliate of Apollo Global Management was made after Apollo founder Joshua Harris met multiple times with Kushner at the White House. Topics of the meetings included a potential White House job for Harris, which never materialized, according to the Times’ report. Kushner is married to Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.