11/09/20: Why Joe Mansueto is betting on Chicago’s hotel market

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Morningstar founder Joe Mansueto is buying the Waldorf Astoria Chicago in one of the city’s first hotel sales since the pandemic began. Crain’s commercial real estate reporter Danny Ecker joins the podcast to talk about why the billionaire is taking a gamble on a hospitality sector that’s been devastated by the coronavirus. Plus: Chicago's former health chief joins Biden's COVID task force, heating bills set to rise next year in northern suburbs, restaurant delivery fees to be cut in half under new proposal, and McDonald's to introduce plant-based options in addition to a new chicken sandwich.