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https://fortune.com/2024/02/25/office-commercial-real-estate-crisis-doom-loop-conversion-housing-subsidies-demolition/

“At the end of the day, I think the problem is that we have too much office relative to our future needs, and a lot of places have too little housing. So I think one way or another, we’re going to have to turn some of that office space into apartments,” said Van Nieuwerburgh. “That might have to partially happen through demolition. But it would be nice if we could have at least some of it through conversion. It’s sort of the environmentally friendly way to go.”

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Well, that doesn't sound very profitable. We're just gonna have to tear them down. Sure, that costs more, but we'll just claim bankruptcy and make the taxpayers pay for it.