Downtowns

For cities whose downtown centers are struggling, investment in a core of residential, retail and entertainment spaces could help lure people back.

Factors like high interest rates, tight credit and workers continuing to work from home are all hitting commercial construction demand.

A new report by Philadelphia’s Center City District analyzed the economic recovery in the 26 largest downtown districts in the country. Five of them were in Texas.

In 2010, this town was a picture of economic devastation. Reinvestment brought Main Street back to life.

Foot traffic in downtown Salt Lake City reached 139% of pre-pandemic levels in spring. And other cities can learn from its example.

A new report from the JPMorgan Chase Institute finds retail has followed consumers to where many more now work and live.

In New York City, daily office vacancy rates average about 50%. So it and other cities are trying to attract more visitors by converting office space to housing, improving public transit, and making their streets a destination.

The share of workers staying home due to worries about the coronavirus dropped last month to a pandemic low.

The Grand Park in Downtown Los Angeles offers much needed -- and some say, long overdue -- green space in the neighborhood.