How Downtown Phoenix Compares to Other Cities for Covid-19 Pandemic Recovery Article originally posted on Phoenix Business Journal on August 14, 2023 Activity in the downtown Phoenix area hasn’t fully recovered since before the Covid-19 pandemic but is performing better than most large cities across North America, according to recent data from the University of Toronto. Phoenix ranked No. 21 out of 63 downtowns measured, with a 72% recovery rate in the spring of this year compared to the same time period in 2019, according to the university’s research, citing mobile phone data. Salt Lake City had the highest recovery at 139% and San Francisco had the lowest at 32%. The Phoenix geographical area included in the study spans from south of Interstate 17 through downtown and north to the midtown area. Downtowns were defined in the data based on areas of highest employment density. Before Covid-19, downtown Phoenix was starting to gain momentum with the light rail, numerous residential projects and the growing higher education and bioscience corridor. Read the Complete Article Here: https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2023/08/13/downtown-phoenix-covid-pandemic-recovery.html. expand