This billionaire is bullish on Chicago – Crain’s*

Not even a global health crisis has slowed down Joe Monsueto's recent streak of high-profile investments. Since buying the Chicago Fire FC—the city's Major League Soccer franchise—in 2019, Mansueto has purchased the Waldorf Astoria Chicago hotel, bankrolled a $50 million office redevelopment in Humboldt Park and recently unveiled a plan to build a roughly $90 million training complex and headquarters for the soccer club on 32 acres in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood. His latest pursuit, though further from home, is just as attention-grabbing: He's kicking tires on buying another soccer club overseas that could serve as an affiliate for the Fire, a farm team of sorts to help develop future MLS talent.