Good. Aren’t we supposed to be excited at the “free market” at work?
Not like that /$
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No, we need a rescue fund right now! It can’t be true that the elite has to suffer under the tyranny of the working class!
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Let’s buy one and convert the entire building into one giant laser tag arena.
Can part of it be skatepark laser tag?
Yeah that’s on the 2 levels below the Blade vampire nightclub Laser tag floor, above the bouncy castle kingdom.
It’s be more useful to turn it into an apartment complex, but way more fun to turn it into a giant laser tag arena
We’ll just buy the building next door and turn that into apartments.
We can compromise and do both. It’s definitely big enough for both.
I can’t say for this specific building but sadly for many office buildings it would be cheaper to knock them down and build an apartment building than convert them. I know it is dumb but true.
I’m riding the high of my hometown converting an ol office building that is a historical part of our skyline into a shopping center on the bottom floors and apartments above it.
I get that this isn’t always feasible but I’m feeling optimistic
That’s awesome!
I’d live in a place with laser tag downstairs, the profits go toward upkeep.
Just keep two levels of storage between to buffer the sound.
Or a giant indoor maze that takes multiple days to finish. Elevator to the top, pack in a backpack or supplies. Complete challenges for coins that can be used at ‘trading posts’ or too unlock levels. Have trick stairwells and stuff, levels that dead end where you have to go back up and find amother way down.
imagine the maintenance costs, staffing, pee in corners, insurance policies, people freaking out, fighting, etc
I don’t think a lot people would be averse to 100% working in the office if the commute was a fifteen minute walk. For most, it’s the time, hassle, and expense of commuting that is a drain on their soul. Of course there are other factors, but in my experience, gathering at the water cooler and lunch with coworkers, etc., are sorely missed. Just not enough to justify hundreds of hours of my life in gridlocked traffic.
So, if they convert a few of these buildings to homes and parks that make living in the city affordable and pleasant, I think most people would be glad to use the rest as workplaces. Imagine a park and daycare for the kids only an elevator away. Eateries and shops in walking distance. No need to own a car.
We could have that if we get our act together. Now’s the time.
They don’t even have to convert the entire space, just start incorporating mixed use spaces more so people have the option to live closer or in the actual building.
Exactly. Spending 2 hours out of each day stuck in traffic for only a 20mile drive is psychotic.
LA’s transit system, hell even the idea of a central ‘downtown’, was never designed for effective mass transit. The metro rails that are expanding are better, but I know so many people that refuse to use it out of fear of being stabbed or mugged, the disgusting homeless encampments that are around the parking lots of the stations, etc…
It’s not just the distance. I don’t want to work in an open office environment 5 days a week. I also get a full kitchen at home instead of a microwave. I can start dinner or keep an eye on a smoker while working at home. Yes it would be nice to have more social experiences with coworkers, but it’s also extremely helpful to be able to isolate from coworkers when focus is needed.
I hear that. Having children and pets is also better when you’re home.
It sounds like you want to live and work on a business campus.
Or Europe. /waves from Europe
If I ignore all the problems with company towns, it sounds perfect tbh
Mixed neighborhood ≠ business campus.
Good, fuck your commercial real estate investments, you greedy disaster profiteering fucks.
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Holy fuck! Wins are rare, but they are nice to see.
Here’s hoping this is the start of a trend. Next step retrofitting.
It is going to be interesting to see what happens to the downtown areas of major cities over time. Many of them, like mine, are pretty dead after work hours and on weekends, and have been like that for years.
Almost like the idea of downtowns as “work zones” fed by commuter residential suburbs was a stupid idea, and making them unliveable by all but the chronic homeless is a problem.
Need to make everything multizone. Our zoning is ridiculous in the us.
Business is risk. Anyone who says otherwise is selling you something.
Good.
I call bullshit on remote work being the sole reason.
Remote work is a choice. Some want to work remotely, and some prefer a flexible hybrid model, where they can come into an office.
Obviously, there’s a lot of office space around, but I would bet my left nut that there are plenty of companies that would love some prime LA real estate, especially companies outside of the US that would love a presence in the country.
So, the problem isn’t remote work, it’s prohibitive rent, whether logistics or prices. I know that American’s aren’t fond of immigration, but this would probably solve the rental problems, and restrict some of the brain drain that comes from people not needing to be in LA to work.
Rent is the primary factor for sure, but I think you’re downplaying the impact remote work has, and/or not realizing the demand from employees for remote work. Many are taking pay cuts if they can remote work, and that does affect the labor market.
I don’t feel sympathy to these landlords that do business in this way
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