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It's funny, I've been writing for years that the CRE market is terminally doomed and we might as well turn the skyscrapers into affordable public housing. Refreshing to see this reality leaking into the public consciousness.



I too have been waiting for the inner city CRE market to crash for a long time now, but conversions of skyscrapers are generally impractical for all the reasons listed in this comment

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40292219

So we might have to wait until it makes economic sense to demolish and rebuild before life returns to the cities


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  Projects are underway in Calgary and Halifax; others are being planned or debated in Toronto, London, and Yellowknife.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/1953973/turning-empt...

  Five more downtown Calgary office towers to be converted to residential homes 
https://globalnews.ca/news/9637005/calgary-office-towers-to-...




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