In 1997, Crucial Concessions opened two Panda Express Restaurants at O'Hare, under the city's minority set-aside program.
As his business ventures began failing, Rezko entered into several partnership with Iraqi-born business executive Nadhmi Auchi, including a massive 2005 real estate development project on Chicago's South Loop whose value was pegged by an observer familiar with the deal at $130.5 million [REF].