Morton Salt, the 173-year-old Chicago company recently purchased by a California investment firm, laid off 120 employees at its downtown headquarters this week, slashing its office staff by 40%.

Last week the new music venue that will open at Chicago’s historic Morton Salt complex announced the lineup for its first shows this summer. This includes performances by Sharon Van Etten ...

A beloved landmark to North Side commuters for eight decades, Chicago’s Morton Salt shed is preparing to start a new life as a mixed-use office, hospitality, and entertainment complex.

millions of tons of salt were loaded and unloaded at the iconic Morton Salt building on the Chicago River. Now, it's a music hall but signs of what once was are all around. This is an archived article ...

The Morton Salt complex in Chicago had been in operation for nearly a century before it was closed in 2015. Today, the complex has been transformed into a multi-purpose venue for live music and ...

The Morton Salt factory now stands as The Salt Shed, a budding venue that transformed Chicago’s historic building into a scene for music. With renovations still underway, all performances have ...

Banks are failing, carmakers are listing and retailers are closing up shop, but there’s still good money to be made in the salt trade. Venerable Chicago-based Morton Salt is up for sale and has ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. One Chicago photographer is reimagining ...

When renderings of the redeveloped Morton Salt building first surfaced, it looked like concert attendees would be able to enjoy views of the Chicago River, which runs along the east side of the venue.

Morton has been headquartered in Chicago since 1848, and in 1914 introduced the iconic umbrellaed Morton Salt Girl to emphasize the free-flowing quality of its table salt, which has a small amount ...