Downtown location becoming a necessity in competition for Talent (Crain's)


"'I don't know one young person who would think working in Skokie would be cool,' says Helen Tunea, a 30-year-old human resources manager at Ifbyphone who lives in the South Loop.

Although a key selling point of a downtown office for younger workers is being closer to friends after work, Mr. Shapiro found an unexpected upside: Productivity rose as commutes fell."