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Re:Can turning office towers into apartments save downtowns? by magicalhippo on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @04:58PM (#40291386)
Here in Oslo, the mixed-use Vertikalen[1][2] recently officially opened. Ground floor is a cafeteria and a restaurant, followed by a several floors of offices, and the rest above is all residential apartments.

While the looks can be argued, the mixed-use seems like an interesting idea. Not aware of too many other such buildings here, so will be interesting to see how it fares.

[1]: https://www.archdaily.com/1016072/vertikal-nydalen-snohetta

[2]: https://vertikalnydalen.no/

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Re:Can turning office towers into apartments save downtowns? by 0xbadcafebee on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @06:29PM (#40292279)
American cities have developments like this now (Baltimore and Philly for example), but it requires acquiring gentrifiable land/buildings, the capital to renovate them, and demand to pull in the middle-class hipsters to live there.
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