Yes I’ve worked in the federal building at UN Plaza for 25 yrs. Was very surprised when that Whole Foods opened. Not surprised at all that it didn’t last even a year.
I feel bad for you, having to put up with the vermin. It wasn't so bad until recently when the City allow homeless to put up tents in UN Plaza and destroyed the ability to have farmer's markets and access for decent normal working people. I've also worked at numerous sites in the area while in I.T. since the 1970's (one of them was in the current Twitter building where we had I.T. facilities). When I got drafted I reported to a federal building on McAllister behind the plaza. Things were good back then, until the homeless were shifted west from 2nd to 6th streets to the City Hall area. I thought maybe, just maybe with the influx of newly built towers and tech employees like Twitter that the City would give a damn and clean up the area, but no, the City continued to cater to the drug addicts and scummy elements.