“Philadelphia can only truly say we are ‘open for business’ when all of our workers are back in the office Monday through Friday,” the new mayor said in a statement to The Inquirer.
William Penn statue, is emblematic of the city. SEPTA’s station beneath the towering edifice ties the transit network together, and the family-friendly attractions of Dilworth Park have become a favorite of tourists and locals.
— the Wanamaker Building and Centre Square — are in serious financial trouble and have the lowest occupancies of all. “The clean and safe message is a big part of why this section of the city has not performed as well as we would hope,” said Lauren Gilchrist, Philadelphia executive vice president at Newmark, a commercial real estate services company. “Part of the ongoing challenge is the lack of return of city office workers to the cluster of municipal buildings around City Hall.”
“The private sector is right when they talk about return to work,” Parker said in a statement. “It is incumbent that city workers come back to the office for the future of Center City. Philadelphia can only truly say we are ‘open for business’ when all of our workers are back in the office Monday through Friday, and you’ll be hearing more from me on the city’s plan to bring city workers back — soon.
The Kenney administration required workers to come back for two days a week. In practice, schedules were left up to departments to decide, and, in many cases, little enforcement was in place.
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