Despite elevated office vacancy rates, downtown Milwaukee’s recovery since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic ranks among the best in the Midwest, according to a recent study from the University of Toronto.
  • @Salad_Fries@midwest.socialMEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    This is great news! Their method of tracking the quantity of cell phones seems like a really good metric.

    Overall, what an awesomely optimistic article!

  • @quicksand@lemm.ee
    2•1 year ago

    Sounds like Milwaukee, along with Columbus and Omaha, may have simply had more people return to their worksite since Covid started. Blue collar workers, a long with many white collar workers, need to be on site and don’t have the option to WFH

    • Joe Steinbring :thisisfine:
      1•1 year ago

      @quicksand @hukaulaba The larger employers in downtown Milwaukee (folks like northwestern mutual) are starting to mandate that people work a certain number of days per week from the office. That makes a difference.

      I was just at downtown employee appreciation week lunch at Schlitz Park yesterday and I was a little surprised how many people were there. I would put it at a few hundred.