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Nearly two years after Philadelphia offices were ordered to close as the first COVID-19 cases were detected, and more than a year after vaccinations got underway, Center City and University City companies are continuing to adapt and remain flexible, while strongly valuing the importance of in-office work and a downtown presence, according to a CCD survey. CCD distributed a survey to employers to gauge their current stance on in-office and remote work, their plans for the first quarter of 2022, and factors they were weighing in making workplace decisions.

CCD worked with apartment managers and landlords of more than two dozen apartment buildings between Locust and Callowhill streets to distribute a survey to their residents between March and September of 2025. This report summarizes our findings.

Learn about new new retail business openings and read why Ravid Butz, owner of PhotoLounge, loves doing business in Center City and in 2021 recommitted to the city by expanding his shop’s footprint to a multilevel building.