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It really isn't financially feasible. HVAC is different. Electrical loads are different. Plumbing is different. Sewer is different. Requirements for elevators a
by deltarholamda 3y ago
It really isn't financially feasible. HVAC is different. Electrical loads are different. Plumbing is different. Sewer is different. Requirements for elevators are different. Life safety is different. Huge chunks of the building would be unlivable because they'd be on the interior with no windows.
To meet even the barest of code requirements you'd basically have to gut the building and redo almost all of it. And SF requirements are hilariously strict and complicated.
Of course it can be done, but if you think renting to businesses is hard, try renting at >$75/sq. ft. A 1200 sq. ft. apartment would be $7500/mo. The only people who can afford that are high-paid technology guys, and their job has already left SF for Texas or wherever.
- readthenotes1 3y ago"To meet even the barest of code requirements you'd basically have to gut the building and redo almost all of it. And SF requirements are hilariously strict and complicated" The guy who turned the DNA Lounge from a Bar into a Bar has a tragicomic blog detailing the journey. If he weren't a Mozilla multimillionaire it would have been ludicrous to even try.
- deltarholamda 3y agoI followed all of that saga. jwz did an excellent job, both in doing the work and highlighting the insanity and difficulty.