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Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse by barry-cotter on Sunday June 05, 2022 @12:47AM (#31628104)
No value has been destroyed because the land and buildings are still there. There’s less demand for them than before so they can charge lower rents and the property will sell for less. But that’s because of better other options. The production possibility frontier has expanded, not contracted.
Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse by seadan83 on Sunday June 05, 2022 @05:42AM (#31629416)
As far as intrinsic value, you are correct, the buildings are just as functional as ever. But when it comes to extrinsic value, the extra value we place on something because it is desired, that is where value was lost.