https://michaelsavage.com/chain-retail-and-restaurants-leave-manhattan-as-pandemic-changes-the-city/
Five months into the coronavirus pandemic national retail chains like J.C. Penney, the Gap, Victoria Secret and Kate Spade have shuttered branches, in some cases permanently, all over Manhattan.
In the second week of July the occupancy rate for New York City hotels was 37%, down 90% from recent summers.
Less than 10% of workers have returned to offices across Manhattan, devastating the lunch business for both chain and local restaurants, and many companies have said their employees can work from home until at least 2021.