How COVID is creating opportunity in the burbs – Crain’s

Businesses based downtown are suddenly grappling with many employees afraid to use public transportation to commute. The prospect of long waits for office tower elevators could dissuade workers from returning to the city in full force. And in the backdrop, millennials—the talent group companies moved downtown to attract in one of the tightest labor markets on record—appear to be buying suburban homes at a faster pace, some having proven they can be just as productive working remotely as in the office.
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Lyn P
3 years ago

No doubt LL has zero idea what fast down-spiral is coming to the city. Or she doesn’t care. She is still trying to keep people out of bars, fine these establishments, keep everyone cowering with masks and S.D. talk, and keep travelers from “covid cases” states OUT. But I speak as if I’m in not hip to her Commie agenda, which I am.

The Truth Hurts
3 years ago

I guess that large sprawling McDonald’s campus in Oak Brook isn’t looking so bad. You know where employees could easily socially distance and plenty of room to walk around outside without being on top of other employees. That’s ok your “huddle rooms” and communal tables in the West Loop are perfect for a pandemic. At least you will seen as modern by the younger workers.

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