As office vacancies rise, developers aim to restore Loop's vibrancy
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- Опубликовано: 19 май 2024
- It’s been four years since the COVID-19 outbreak led to a rise in remote work. Now, even though the public health crisis has diminished, the work from home trend shows no signs of slowing, pushing downtown office vacancies higher.
Who wants to risk their lives in the Loop for a job. There needs to be more accountability for the parents, & youth doing the crime. It's all over the city, & the Mayor states the crime has gone down, who is he trying to fool.
Plus public transport is awful, gas is expensive, parking is expensive if you prefer to drive. It just doesn’t make sense to work in office anymore.
You forgot the crime, traffic, parking, lack of City services, the fact Chicago & Illinois Politicians tax everything
Affordable housing downtown NEXT to people that paid upwards of $300K !!! The people who WORK hard for their money will be RELIEVED of that money when the DRUG ADDICTS STICK THEM UP 😂
Don't believe the 'hype'. They will raise those prices sky high. Only those making 6 figures will be able to stay down there. And watch, the police will start patrolling the area again.
It's the end of an ERA folks, we need to move on. I remember being 9-10 years old and seeing my father get up and travel to the loop and made his way to the Episcopal Church of Chicago downtown. 20 years later in 2014 while working at large firm, I got to experience it myself and will never look back. RIP dad.
There's nothing to miss. Telecommuting should of took off years ago
I remember being a senior in high school taking the metra train downtown to the loop with friends. 1 friend was a Dj and we would walk from music store to music store looking for records. It was busy back in the 80s and u had to dodge people walking down the sidewalk. This current state is absolutely disgusting. These current leaders are kicking out these businesses to develop their luxury housing. That will totally change how the loop looks. Shameful.
What developers? Southside Gangs?
Englewooders😅
sreggin
North side Gangs started it
They will make them into apartments and give free to seekers 😂😂😂
I've been working from home since 2014 and never plan to return to an office. You can put in all the amenities, but I want to be home with my dog and gym nearby. I like spending money in my neighorhood.
Still not free prisoner to your boss
@johnmounsey5342 I never said I was honey bunch
@@johnmounsey5342lol cue your "I make six figs from an online business and you can too!" Spiel
Those “working” from home two hour days are a joke.
I lived downtown during the 80s. Had a ball! The restaurants. The movies. The shopping. The clubs. The green spaces/parks. Back then, it was a much safer place. Now, I avoid downtown like the plague. The area is no longer safe and all the office renovations in the world aren't going to change that!
Very well said. That is exactly how it is.
I went to Chicago a lot in the ‘80’s… lots of fun and pretty safe. Would not try that now…. Very sad.
The Loop is horrible now. The entire City of Chicago is horrible now. And it's not ever coming back to what it once was. Of course downtown is emptying out. It's over taxed, overpriced, unsafe. I used to work at The Chicago Tribune at The Tribune Tower and The Freedom Center. The Wrigley Building. The Sun Times. I used to work at State and Adams. I had good paying jobs and made a good living in that city. It was beautiful at one time. More jobs than you could shake a stick at. It was the then Mayor of Chicago that made the difference. It was Mayor Richard M. Daley that made that city........"The City That Works". Just like his Dad before him. This has very little to do with work at home jobs and very much to do with failed leaders and mismanagement. Failed policies. Three failed mayors and one destroyed city later we have what we have. Residents and businesses alike are leaving Chicago in droves. As long as there are Mayors like the ones we've had no one will come back. The city is run by a bunch of inept fools. My once beautiful city is in ruins. I had to leave too.
stfu no one cares. the daleys sucked they are the definition of white mediocrity
we have to do a saint george baton rouge here. no browns and blacks getting access to our tax base schools etc.
Mayor Daley was a crooked Mick.
That clown sold all of the city parking to where all of that money gets sent to some private company in Abu Dhabi so he and his firm can make Hella dollar on the way out.
F*CK MAYOR DALEY
You idiot chicagoans opining for a crooked Irish mick need to drop it
@@trolldaddy-xz5io it's the browns and blacks. like everywhere always. a permanent problem
Great comment. I left in 2018 and am thinking of moving back. But I know deep down that it’s gotten worse probably
god help chicago when they turn downtown buildings into section 8.
Yup. It’s coming.
Office Spaces into Condos? What Are We Coming To?
The problem is all the crime from these bad ahh kids whose parents should start being held accountable.
Crime is not problem. Companies wanting to save money is the problem.
what can we do with the coloureds? only spent a trillion dollars on them since 1965. all wasted
@trongriffinproductions7159 lol bullshit. Both are the problem. Chicago in the last 3 years has seen increased crime that has ruined the efforts of the last decade.
High crime rate and homeless at the area may terrify and prevent people and business to move there.
downtown is the new venezuela, china, india and congo
I don’t mind creating certain buildings into housing, but affordable housing will be bringing in a problematic crowd
sreggin
@@blotfdyssup
I believe most big project like this that include public funds offer a nominal amount of affordable units this not anything new
nothing new = more sreggin = bad
@@blotfd curious where are you from?
Affordable 'Section 8' Housing = The New 'CHIGHETTO!
Doom(ed) Loop.
Escape from Chicago, run from Illinois.
Escape from Chicago… Snake does not survive this time….
It never returns because of Insurance Industry Costs.
PARKING!!!! Should only have 2pay from 9-5Mon-Sat. Everywhere else including private lots should be free after 5-9. That would decrease a huge burden of stress coming dwntwn. Not only dwntwn but the city everywhere. Even the lakefront. Paying a Parking tax and having to deal with tickets just to enjoy the city is @big F* U by the city!!!
The skyline is just for show! Most of those buildings sit vacant! Just paying utilities to keep them running. The era of the skyscrapers is over!
People are working from home now in days
Affordable housing= public housing
And Drill City Killer Monti & Lil Rob In The Loop😮💨
Nice explanation
God, how much hatred there is for the city here. Yeah Chicago could become a car dependent suburbs like I'm sure all yous love living in, but what happens when you all become elderly and can't drive while you still live in a caldersac miles from any transit or shops. American suburbs suck and always will. We are a country that depends on cars way too much. I think the city should be revitalized and kick all these greedy financial institutions out as Wall Street is one of the biggest evils ever invented in this country. They bankrupt the average joe while raking in millions. Working from home is another way for introverts to stay to themselves. Work from home jobs are dying and being replaced by scam jobs.
They might stuff their migrants there.
They need to stuff their migrants on transportation back to where they came from…
Yeah… good luck with that….
we used to enjoy the loop before browns and blacks
Wtf 😂
Brown here who has worked in downtown since 1994. Please choose your words wisely
They need to turn off comments because of idiots such as yourself.
Lame ass
virtue signaling does not help. we just had new illegal venezuelans and old illegal mexicans attacking each other in broad daylight