“As a consequence of the current COVID19 crisis, we are going to temporarily pause construction in Chicago,” Alix Anfang, an Uber spokeswoman, said in an email. “While we don’t expect to move until 2021, we don’t anticipate any changes to our strategy or expectations regarding growth in Chicago.

Last August, Uber signed a lease for 450,000 square feet in the Old Post Office, a 2.8 million square-foot art deco colossus being redeveloped by 601W, a New York developer. At the time, Uber said it planned to hire more than 2,000 people over the next three years in conjunction with the move.

Though downtown Chicago has gone quiet due to the coronavirus, as hotels have shut down and many businesses have required employees to work from home, construction workers are still on the job on most sites. Construction is classified as an essential business under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “stay home” order, allowing companies in the industry to stay open.

Other companies that have agreed to move into the Old Post Office, including PepsiCo and CBOE Global Markets, are continuing to build out their spaces there, according to Cailin Rogers, a spokeswoman for Chicago-based Telos Group, the property’s leasing agent.

The Chicago Tribune first reported the Uber had halted construction at the Old Post Office.