The DNC will flood downtown Chicago with visitors. But will employees go to their offices? – Chicago Tribune*

For Michael Thanasouras, managing director of SVN Chicago Commercial, the uncertainty of transportation convinced the company to close the office during the convention. Executives weighed the prospects of a presidential motorcade blocking streets just as employees want to head home for the evening, of an employee who needed to leave for an emergency but was trapped by closed roads, and longer-than-usual commute times. The DNC is one more hiccup for efforts to boost downtown momentum, after the pandemic roiled traditional office work patterns, he said.