Chicago office vacancy rates worsen, card swipe numbers offer hope – Center Square

Wirepoints founder Mark Glennon said 28.6 percent is a terrible vacancy rate. When asked what people in the private sector could do about high office vacancy rates, Glennon said so-called civic leaders have been far too complacent and understated in their criticisms of government. “They’ve got to really take the bull by the horns and force some reforms on the city. It would start with crime. That's clearly a solvable problem if the city would get on it, and that's one of the factors that contributes to people not wanting to go downtown and makes work from home more popular,” Glennon said.