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Until companies actively get their employees back into the office, the downtown area will continue to deteriorate. All one has to do is to look back in the 1980’s when many of the store fronts were empty, people did not come into the downtown area other than to go to a sporting event or the theater. Then the mall was built, the Chase (Salesforce Tower) was built, the number of restaurants quadrupled over-night, companies more then offices to the downtown area, the sporting events from intramural to professional sports in the stadium downtown had activities each week, the convention business blossumed etc. Now restaurants have left, the mall is empty, stores closed, CVS closed two of the 3 downtown locations (name another city where CVS or similar store closed 66% of their stores whose economy in the downtown area is not spiraling downward), etc. Wake up, until the employers who all received large tax abatements from our local government return to the very offices they received tax abatements, the downtown area will not flourish. You cannot drive and/or revitalize an entire downtown economy off “apartment” dwellers and the “bottle works area”. The solution is easy … the major employers that are currently receiving tax abatements have to fulfill their commitments, otherwise reversing the deterioration will be orders of magnitude more costly and difficult to turnaround the more time corrective action is not taken.
Your comment assumes the employers have the power to bring employees back to the office. They don’t. We’re currently in a time where the employer needs the employee more than the other way around. As long as that persists, ain’t nobody coming back downtown.
Most other major cities are doing okay right now due to the density of residents living there….
You’re suggesting we force employees pointlessly back into the office instead of making downtown vibrant and lives Le?
Until the state creates a commuter tax we should force creation of new downtown places to live – let the suburbs die while we drive downtown investment into itself.
Cincinnati did a wonderful job of this – and is crushing us as a place to live
Cincinnati? Seriously?? Have you been there lately? Ghostown downtown. That is NOT the city indy should try to emulate.
Bad move. Make office workers come back to office. This is otherwise a ridiculous ongoing coddling of an entitled, pampered, spoiled generation. They need to grow up and learn and respect how the real world and business world work. And, would bring downtown back to life. Ridiculous.
Michael G. do you work downtown? Park downtown much? As a person who has worked downtown for the last 5 yrs your statement is a farse. I currently have two remote work days and feel blessed! My employer forced everyone back into the office three days a week. I’ve saved hundreds on gas, less wear and tear on our vehicles, and less stress wasting my time in traffic. With a property desk and computer setup I’m no less effective as an employee.
And Jaron, you could be replaced in the snap of a finger by a new grad who would be glad to work downtown for a good job. You are typical of the entitled generation I described. I worked in and commuted to downtown Indy for 32 years and loved it.
You assume new grads are fighting over the chance to work in downtown Indianapolis.
I’m not a new college grad either but the kids these days, from what I am seeing … definitely value the ability to work remotely, and will head to another employer who will offer them that.
And Indiana is not in a position of employment strength where they can just shrug and hire someone else.
“Hybrid” is a terrible plan. All the negatives of in person and remote… Now everyone needs a home office, and the company still needs a large enough facility for everyone to work in person?
And if you want downtown to be vibrant, you have to build HOUSING there. Tear out these empty offices and put in decent housing downtown.
Downtown needs something like a Target. For all the government subsidies we do … this would be a very valuable one, IMO.
No one has addressed the “elephant in the room”….Downtown Indy is NOT a safe place to be! Need more police presence and quicker justice for those who harm people and damage property.