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That's very interesting. Never heard of this!

Who offers these deals? Is it the government or private corporations? I'm struggling to see how one profits from this (which is normally the only reason companies do anything) so I'm very curious.

This really does sound like a win/win situation if it's like you described it! Here I only hear/read stories about people losing their homes without any other option other than selling.




Private builders.

The 5 floor condo gets converted into a 30 floor tower. The residents gets 2x space and the first 10-ish floors. The rest goes to the private builder to sell to whoever they want as profits. It often involves demolition of 3-4 buildings into 1 large building. So a lot of wasted space also gets brought into building floorspace.




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