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Re:Why Barcelona Bought the Building That Symbolizes Its Hou... by BrenBarn on Saturday February 22, 2025 @02:32PM (#43142296)
Unless they keep those vacated units to rent them out on AirBnB.
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Re:Why Barcelona Bought the Building That Symbolizes Its Hou... by epistasis on Saturday February 22, 2025 @02:59PM (#43142582)
If you didn't build those units, they would be taking existing units for that rather than the new units, right?
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Re:Why Barcelona Bought the Building That Symbolizes Its Hou... by AnthonyMouse on Sunday February 23, 2025 @02:07AM (#43147345)
And if they use those units for that then the demand for new units from people who want to live in them will still exist and it will continue to be profitable to build even more units.
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