In Chicago’s trendy Fulton Market district, a once gritty area known only for Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Studios, construction crews have started facade work on a new headquarters for McDonald’s Corp., which is returning to the city after more than four decades in the suburbs. McDonald’s, now building at the former Harpo site, isn’t alone in making that move. Conagra Brands Inc., Hickory Farms Inc. and other traditional American heartland companies have shifted major operations to Chicago in recent years as well. Overall,...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 15, 2017 10:52 UTC