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Downtown Toronto faces a crush of rising office vacancies that could threaten building valuations (www.theglobeandmail.com)
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With five million square feet of available space across 47 office towers, downtown Toronto is becoming a tenant’s paradise - and an investor’s potential nightmare

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[-] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago

So you take an empty office tower. Make the first two floors shops and services and the remaining floors housing and voila you have in instant walkable community.

[-] vegantomato@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Office spaces can be turned into housing as long as they are not too deep, otherwise many rooms will end up without windows and sun light.

[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

I don't understand the issue of bedrooms without a window. I once lived in a tiny studio apartment with a windowless bedroom. The total dark and silence gave me the best undisturbed sleep I ever had.

[-] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago

Fire codes generally require that bedrooms have 2 exits.

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

If I exit my bedroom through the window I fall to my death. Not sure how that helps me in a fire.

[-] Octospider@lemmy.one 3 points 8 months ago

Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?

[-] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

That worked out ok for one of the 9/11 jumpers. Maybe you could be the next one!

[-] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

And those rooms could be used for storage, goods and services.

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