But, you see, retrofitting empty office space into housing means they have to (gasp) spend and loan more money (pay no attention to the jobs created for those poor people DB is so very concerned about). Furthermore, since it can’t all be Woolworth Building billionaire condos, that might make urban housing more (gasp) affordable, allowing police and firefighters and teachers and the working class to actually live in the communities they serve without seeing most of their salaries going to pay the rent. Plus it will take time, meaning the quarterly numbers (BlessedBeTheirName) won’t look good.
No, of course Luke Templeman and his bosses are going to take a shot at screwing over workers instead. Creative destruction for thee, not for me.
Really, do these people want re-purposed programmable hydraulic slicy bois? Because this is how you get re-purposed programmable hydraulic slicy bois.
