Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) Joey Mclaughlin talks with the Springfield Business Journals’ Michelle Ownbey about this week’s biggest business stories.

A distribution center employing 150 to 200 full-time workers at a warehouse the size of almost four football fields would be built along Interstate 55 near the Chatham exit, based on a proposal Springfield zoning officials will consider June 20.

Owners Brian and Melissa Reilly are expanding Cured Catering again, this time by building a new 10,000-square-foot facility.

Structural problems have festered for years at Springfield’s tallest apartment building, but court action to fix at least one of the issues at Lincoln Tower Apartments could be coming in the next few months. Both the city of Springfield and the adjacent property owner have filed lawsuits trying to force the owner to make repairs:

After losing more than 9% of its population in recent years, the Jacksonville Regional Economic Development Corporation is offering $5,000 and other incentives to professionals willing to relocate to the community.