“Is office dead? No. Is Chicago dead? No. Am I a contrarian? Yes,” CEO Jordan Menashe said. “It’s vibrant. It’s architecturally beautiful. You could feel the vibe." It was the first sale of a downtown building in more than a year.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
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