Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Just Hit a New High

Re:Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Just Hit a New High by iancmceachern on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @11:11AM (#33248459)

My building on SOMA did this. The owners were smart when they built it out and the apartments work well as offices or apartments. During the pandemic they pretty much went all residential. It's so efficient and smarter from the building owner perspective, you double your potential customer base.

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Re:Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Just Hit a New High by robg on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @11:37AM (#33249000)

Full kitchen and bathroom and closets for the office suite?

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Re:Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Just Hit a New High by iancmceachern on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @11:48AM (#33249211)

Yup, exactly. It's not that weird, every office I've worked at in the last 10 years has had a full kitchen and shower, it's almost a required perk in the bay area. The only weird thing IMO is it has a washer and dryer, I've not worked in an office that has those, that's the only difference from "normal" IMO.

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Re:Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Just Hit a New High by merely-unlikely on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @01:52PM (#33251305)

> every office I've worked at in the last 10 years has had a full kitchen and shower

Fantastic for bike commuting.

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Re:Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Just Hit a New High by grepLeigh on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @12:26PM (#33249900)

This is such a great example, wish I could upvote this to the top. I think most people are imagining converting high-rises like Salesforce tower.

Most commercial office space in SOMA is a converted warehouse. Live/work apartments and lofts have already been converted from the same buildings. Let's do more of these!

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