"What we've seen is a lack of dynamism downtown, which could only be replicated by bringing those 200,000 workers back to the office," says John Falcicchio, Washington's deputy mayor for planning and economic development.
In the aftermath of the pandemic, the mayor of the US capital, Mariel Bowser, is asking federal officials to return to office to recover the activity of restaurants and other businesses that were greatly affected by the health emergency.