The mood in beleaguered downtown Los Angeles may — at last — be starting to shift.
Years of gloom, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, emptied office skyscrapers and sidewalks, but some data and deals suggest downtown could be staging a comeback.
Some signs are easy to spot, like construction on the $2.6-billion expansion of the Convention Center and the long-delayed cleaning of buildings dubbed Graffiti Towers, which had become an embarrassing symbol of neglect.
The exodus of office tenants has waned…