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Chicago entrepreneur turns empty downtown office space into vertical gardens

NPR | By Al Orendorff
Published November 3, 2026 at 12:52 PM PST

The pandemic changed how and where the world works, leaving behind a lot of empty office space. One entrepreneur is starting to plant the seeds of a partial solution.

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