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‘Zombie Offices’ Spell Trouble for Some Banks - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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This is the real reason for companies wanting people back to the office.

All this talk about collaboration and team spirit is just the publicly given reason for wanting people back to the office.

The real reason is that now the owners of the buildings are losing money.

Cry me a river.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I live in New York. The Wall Street area has been turning older buildings into living spaces for a while. One old office building became an NYU dorm, and the Woolworth Building [once the tallest in the world] is now luxury condos.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And you know what's nice about doing that? It's people present 24/7 and that means stores and restaurants that can be open even past office hours!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's funny because back in the day, you could go down to Wall Street on a Sunday and have the whole place to yourself. Today, there are lots of bars and restaurants and groceries.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I was visiting a friend down there and walked back to my hotel at 2am. Literally the only people out were a bunch of cops standing around empty street corners.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

So, you're surprised that people with nice apartments full of goodies aren't hanging out on street corners?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

The only time I went was about 8 years ago on a Thursday evening and the place was dead, a few people that worked late and were going home, a few tourists here and there and that's it...