Nearly 12M Square Feet of Vacant Office Space in S.F

Re:Nearly 12M Square Feet of Vacant Office Space in S.F by orev on Sunday October 25, 2020 @07:58PM (#24891330)

Concrete separation also acts as fire barriers, which is very important in areas where people will be cooking stuff. Office buildings don’t typically have stoves with open flame everywhere.

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Re:Nearly 12M Square Feet of Vacant Office Space in S.F by twblalock on Monday October 26, 2020 @02:33AM (#24893346)

Most apartment buildings in the Bay Area are made of wood with 2x4 wall framing and sheetrock, except for a relatively small number of high rise buildings. We haven't really had a fire problem.

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Re:Nearly 12M Square Feet of Vacant Office Space in S.F by kelnos on Monday October 26, 2020 @04:33AM (#24893939)

I would assume that office buildings aren't set up with gas lines running all over them, so likely these retrofits will include electric ranges and stoves.

There's still a fire danger, of course, with any kind of cooking, but at least there shouldn't be open flames all over the place.

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