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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Henry H. Chamberlain

Businesses and workers aren’t abandoning the office

The office is being reinvented since the pandemic, a real estate trade association professional writes. This photo from 2021 shows new office space in Chicago for Uber. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

When COVID-19 drove tens of millions of employees across the country to fully remote work, it looked like the start of a permanent shift away from the office.

Work-from-home days were already doubling every 12 years pre-pandemic. In March 2020, they increased 12-fold — equal to 50 years of pre-pandemic growth. Remote employees, untethered from centralized offices, said they were happier and felt more productive.

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