Some hope Google’s future downtown office will also rejuvenate the Loop, where many older office buildings have high vacancy rates and shaky finances. But it’s uncertain whether Google alone can revive the city’s urban core. Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
I predict that Google will do zero work on that building.
By 2026 the loop will by a ghost town made up of section 8 housing and vacant storefronts.
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