Research & Reports

The Center City Data Dashboard includes data covering key indicators, pedestrian counts, the office market, retail, hospitality, transportation, housing, Center City District stats, and demographics and will be updated regularly. Bookmark it today.

Why retailers that once defined downtowns have been disappearing for decades, and what it means for the future.

Our year-end 2024 Center City Retail Report pulls together the latest data on retail occupancy, demand, and leasing activity and explores emerging trends and opportunities that will shape Center City’s retail landscape in the coming years.

Can downtowns in the U.S. rebound and prosper? This fundamental question lingers more than three years after the global pandemic. This report seeks to counter misinformation and provide some of the data that can assist when making decisions and choosing actions that best support a robust and inclusive process of recovery.

Center City continued its steady process of recovery in June and during the first three weeks of July with pedestrian volumes reaching 92% of 2019 levels. The robust recovery of residents and visitors has led the way, while the number of workers in June approached 100,000, attaining 76% of June 2019 levels.

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