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Another reason (than the ones listed): it's physically hard. Office buildings have to be essentially gutted, new utilities designed (heat/cooling/light/power/ac
by JoeAltmaier 3y ago
Another reason (than the ones listed): it's physically hard. Office buildings have to be essentially gutted, new utilities designed (heat/cooling/light/power/access) and rebuilt. Not as hard as building a new shell, but still a big chunk to bite off. And probably not quick, it'll take months.
- danans 3y ago> new utilities designed (heat/cooling/light/power/access) and rebuilt. The biggest ones (from a $ perspective) are window access in the interior of the building, and water (clean and waste). To add windows to one building in NYC (I forget which one), they had to knock out the center. IIRC that wasn't cheap.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoSeems like a waste, the most interior spaces could be storage for the units or just left empty, instead of knocking down something that might have some value later.
- nytesky 3y agoThey can build an inner ring of apartments and sell them immediately rather than storage
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- JoeAltmaier 3y agoNo apartment without a window.
- mattbrewsbytes 3y agoI think you're missing the power element. How many US office spaces have 240v outlets on all floors for driers and stoves? Those are kind of needed, at least stoves.
- IncreasePosts 3y agoI'm positive a lot of people don't care a lick about windows...maybe we should reconsider their requirement. Especially if there are natural light simulators in the apartment