Central Loop’s luster may be lagging: Chicago’s city center faces huge office vacancies, ownership changes and new competitors – Chicago Tribune

Part of the problem is due to changing tenant preferences, competition from sparkling new skyscrapers along the Chicago River and the emergence of entirely new office markets such as the Fulton Market district. At the same time, an unusually large number of office towers on and around the LaSalle Street canyon — for decades the center of Chicago’s financial sector — are up for sale. Among properties that could change hands are the James R. Thompson Center and the Chicago Board of Trade Building.

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A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign

“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”

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