Downtown Chicago Now Has More Residents Than Before the Pandemic (bloomberg.com)

There has been a lot of discussion about forced RTO as a way to save cities, but this shows that there is another solution and that such a shift will likely lead to even more vibrant and resilient cities than office-only zones.

EDIT - I've found a Chicago program that will hold a hearing about even more office-to-residential conversions:

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/lasalle-street/proposa...