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Doesn't have to be sharing bathroom. It can have private bathroom & private kitchen just like regular apartment/studio.

• refurb 5y ago
  Go look at all the plumbing in a commercial building. There is a reason why the toilets are all in one location. If you need to plumb all new water sources, sewer, air handling and electrical it’s not going to be all that attractive to retrofit.
  • Redoubts 5y ago
    100 Van Ness seemed like a nice retrofit.
    • refurb 5y ago
      Well that looks god damn luxurious. I have no doubt it can be done, it's probably just not cheap so not a great solution to the housing crisis. And, like your example, depends on location and such to make it financially viable to retrofit. Just as an observation, if you look at the different floor plans, most of the bathrooms and some of the kitchens are located at the immediate entrance to the unit (more towards the center of the building). I assume that's to minimize the cost of running plumbing from the center out to the edge. But that's a guess, it would depend on the original layout. But it does look like a consistent feature.
  • matz1 5y ago
    yes of course it will require significant retrofit. The benefit seems significant compared to the cost for the company: to attract employee to want to work in the office.