•Emanuel accepted $50,000 in contributions last month from two executives at Related Companies, whose Chicago branch Related Midwest has put up major buildings along the lakefront and the Chicago River and took over the deed to the site of the failed Chicago Spire. The donations are on top of the $77,100 in contributions Related executives have given Emanuel since he took office. The Emanuel-controlled Plan Commission signed off on the company's next major project, a 67-story tower at 451 E. Grand Ave., in December and the City Council signed off on Jan. 21. A little more than two weeks later, the Emanuel campaign logged the two $25,000 contributions.