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Midwest Emerges as Return-to-Office Champ, Soundly Beating Northeast

Region's offices were twice as full as the Northeast, according to new research. Shorter commutes likely boosting visits.

Office buildings along the Chicago River.

Photographer: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg
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Workers in the US Midwest are coming into offices more often than the rest of the country, new research shows.

The region’s offices posted a 60% weekly average peak occupancy rate in the first half of the year, the highest in the nation by far, according to data from Basking.io, a workplace-occupancy analytics company.