Chicago’s job boom: It’s real, it’s big—and it’s mostly downtown – Crain’s

Rapid growth in downtown Chicago, the destination of an increasing number of employers in search of top talent, not only is continuing but accelerating. In the downtown area—a combination of the traditional Loop and adjoining Near North, West and South sides—private-sector employers added 19,249 jobs in the most recent year, a hefty 3.25 percent growth, for a new total of 612,914.