Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse
by techdragon on Sunday June 05, 2022 @11:47AM
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The big issue is how few cities reach sufficient residential density with enough occupancy over a wide enough area to begin creating that vibrant community. A few overpriced apartments towers near the CBD won’t get you there. I’d say the city I live in Perth, Western Australia has completely failed to cross that threshold and the current real estate environment is basically actively pushing back to prevent the urban core from ever getting there.
Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse
by pg_1234 on Sunday June 05, 2022 @02:01PM
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We may find we get the density and vibrancy, with all accompanying shops and services, but centered where we live rather than where we work.
I think it's part of the general swing back to a healthier work-life balance, and really ... that would be fantastic!
Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse
by 908B64B197 on Sunday June 05, 2022 @10:18AM
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Time to retrofit some of these office buildings into apartment complexes.
Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse
by russellendicott on Sunday June 05, 2022 @12:09PM
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> Time to retrofit some of these office buildings into apartment complexes.
But why would people want to live where they don't want to work?
Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse
by throwawaymaths on Sunday June 05, 2022 @01:37PM
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Because it's cheap and maybe the demographic that uses the "downtown" changes. Iirc The former Goldman? JP Morgan? hq in Manhattan ( moved to Newark?) Is now an apartment mostly occupied by 20-somethings that want to live in Manhattan
Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse
by beardedwizard on Sunday June 05, 2022 @09:35AM
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These characteristics are not true for most large cities. San Francisco for example suffers none of this.
Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse
by lmeyerov on Sunday June 05, 2022 @09:45AM
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The financial district, esp north of market, and south going towards embarcadero (Google, ...), is basically exactly this.
Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse
by dougmwne on Sunday June 05, 2022 @11:44AM
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Yeah, I used to work on Market Street and SF is exactly like this.
Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse
by beardedwizard on Saturday June 11, 2022 @10:29AM
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So a single block represents the entire city? What about the thousands of other businesses that remain open and within walking distance?
Dense residential area tend to have the full range of services, more interesting restaurants and bars, more fun, more interesting. If people are spending more of their day there, I would expect a flourishing of these kinds of business. At the end of the day, some storefront owners will need to move to other areas to take advantage of changes in demand.
Cities are very dynamic things. They are constantly changing and renewing themselves. Neighborhoods come up and go down. There is no stopping it.