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From the article > About 31% of downtown San Francisco’s office space is now available for lease or sublease. In early 2020, the vacancy rate was around 4% De
by georgyo 3y ago
From the article
> About 31% of downtown San Francisco’s office space is now available for lease or sublease. In early 2020, the vacancy rate was around 4%
Demand is gone
- awaythrow483 3y agoOh weird. Well, no biggie. Im sure SF will figure something out and it will all be fine
- jnwatson 3y agoManhattan is at 22% now.
- ghaff 3y agoThe situation in Boston isn't quite so dire but still record availability. What still puzzles me though is commuting traffic is as bad as ever. I assume some is reduced transit/rail schedules and usage but I wouldn't have thought that would account for the whole thing. (And a coworker was telling me it's the same thing in Phoenix which barely has a transit system.)
- ilc 3y agoThe T is SEVERELY fucked right now. Anyone who can drive will in Boston, at the moment.
- Kon-Peki 3y agoWhat's going on with it? I have to be in Boston next week and was planning to use the T...
- ghaff 3y agoThere have been some major (overdue) maintenance projects that have caused service cutbacks on, I think, the red and orange lines in particular. I also saw just a couple days ago there were delays on my commuter rail line due to rail work. But the parent is being a bit hyperbolic. There is still a mostly functioning subway system. You can check the mbta.com website. As I look now there are delays but probably nothing too awful for someone in the city for a few days.
- Kon-Peki 3y agoUgh, I will be needing to get from Revere Beach to Harvard Square, so Blue/Orange/Red was the plan. Perhaps Blue/Green/Red is better? I'd really prefer to avoid a ride share or rental car. Edit - it appears that it's less than a 10 minute walk from Govt Center (blue) to Park St (red). That's better than waiting for a train and taking for a single stop, right?
- ghaff 3y agoJust check the site.
- ghaff 3y agoYes, within downtown Boston you're generally better off walking than taking short subway connections. Walk from Park Street to Government Center or any of the other short connections in that general area.
- zamnos 3y agoIf you don't have any luggage or other encumbrances, it's a short walk. Follow the Google Maps directions https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Revere+Beach,+Revere,+MA+02151/Harvard+Square,+Cambridge,+MA/@42.390422,-71.1340194 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Revere+Beach,+Revere,+MA+021...
- jewayne 3y agoOh, I happen to know the root cause on this one. Remember the Big Dig? It went so horrifically over budget, either the city or the state forced the MBTA to assume a large share of the debt. Since then, the MBTA has been hamstrung financially, leading to deferred maintenance, etc.
- Andrex 3y agoLived in Boston 2012-2018, I'm somehow both annoyed and comforted* the MBTA SILL hasn't gotten its shit together. * I wonder if there's a German word for this feeling?
- bombcar 3y agoMaybe it's like those stories about the loyal dog in Japan who still goes to the train station each day even though their master is long dead. All the laid off people still commute to an empty office and stand outside hoping for a job.