Chicago Loop Insights

Summer tourists and office workers propel the Loop’s economy forward

julio 13, 2022

5 MIN READ – Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA) released its June report on downtown activity, using a variety of data sources to track operations during COVID-19, as it has done monthly since July 2020. The report tracks COVID-19 positivity rates, pedestrian activity, parking volumes, hotel occupancy, number of office workers on-site and more. The data this month indicates that hotel occupancy reached another record high, along with an increase in office occupancy, and continual progress in pedestrian and public transportation.

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Street Ambassador program further expands throughout the Loop

julio 6, 2022

Chicago Loop Alliance has announced an expansion of the Chicago Loop Alliance Ambassador Program, which will patrol the central Loop from Dearborn to Canal and Ida B. Wells to Wacker on weekday evenings through September. The Ambassador program is contracted by Chicago Loop Alliance through Streetplus, a national business improvement district service, and will patrol the corridor from 4 p.m. to midnight, six days a week.

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Four ways to celebrate the 4th of July in the Loop

junio 29, 2022

2 MIN READ – Celebrate the Fourth of July holiday weekend in the Chicago Loop. Here are four ways to celebrate without breaking the bank!

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Millennium Garages launches largest public electric vehicle charging hub in Midwest

junio 28, 2022

3 MIN READ – With more than 70 level-2 electric vehicle (EV) chargers across four integrated parking facilities in downtown Chicago, Millennium Garages has launched the Midwest’s largest public EV charging hub. Data from the US Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center, which includes a national registry of EV chargers, also indicates that Millennium Garages is among the largest public charging hubs in the nation.

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Lions, and photos and Chicago…oh my

junio 23, 2022

2 MIN READ – What was a time you felt the power of community so viscerally that you had no choice but to stop and be enveloped by the presence of it? Art has a way of doing that, and The Art Institute of Chicago’s new exhibit “A Lion for Every House” makes no exception.

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Lions, and Photos, and Chicago… oh my!

junio 23, 2022

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Hotels see record recovery in the Loop as tourism ramps up

junio 15, 2022

5 MIN READ –Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA) released its May report on downtown activity, using a variety of data sources to track operations during COVID-19, as it has done monthly since July 2020. The report tracks COVID-19 positivity rates, pedestrian activity, parking volumes, hotel occupancy, number of office workers on-site and more. The data indicates that hotel occupancy has reached a record high, along with pedestrians edging closer to pre-pandemic levels, and office occupancy stabilizing. View the full May report here.

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Chicago Loop Alliance honors Juneteenth and Pride Month with flag display on State Street

junio 9, 2022

2 MIN READ — Chicago Loop Alliance announces the installation of flags celebrating both Juneteenth and Pride Month along State Street from Ida B. Wells to Wacker Drive. The flags will be on display for the entire month of June. More details can be found here.