Downtown seattle seems to go downhill with more stores and restaurants leaving??

There was an article I read online today that says The Cheesecake Factory will be closing their downtown location in May 2025.

Im not all suprised. More recently tiffany company, lululemon and Nike store left downtown seattle.

Bellevue sqaure still has all of the above store and a cheesecake factory.

10 years ago downtown seattle was thriving with tins of people walking around and busy stores and restaurants. It was safe then

Now downtown seattle is full of empty stores fronts and a ghost town at night.

As a resident of seattle for 10 years id like to see downtown seattle turn around. My question is will downtown seattle turn around??

Now i drive to Lynnwood or Bellevue for movies, chain restaurants and shopping.

I live in northgate