RandomWalk
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Just about the only flattering angle for this stinker.
ground level experience inspired by the sort of temporary construction cladding you see when sidewalks are blocked off for construction.View attachment 54063
This one is done, with all the personality of a loading dock. The elevator lobbies are the size of a half bath, with a comically oversized sculpture hanging from the ceiling.
Best guess is that they were leaving it for a city sidewalk project.
Those are the make-believe pretend shops.What are those white doors on the ground level? They look so temporary. On the rendering, they at least blend in a bit.
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What are those white doors on the ground level?
Three years ago, in the depths of the pandemic, only around 1 percent of existing lab space in the [Boston] region was vacant or available via sublease. Today, commercial real estate brokerage Colliers reported last week, that number is 21.5 percent, and vacancies are expected to grow in the coming months as more buildings open.
....more of a problem within the real estate industry than in life sciences, because so many developers pursued lab projects at the same time. The amount of Greater Boston lab space occupied by tenants has climbed by more than one-fifth over the last two years. But because of so much new construction and office-to-lab conversions, the amount of empty lab space has climbed even faster, hitting an all-time high of 11 million square feet. And for lab landlords, the scene will likely get worse before it gets better.
My guess is that 30 Hampshire St. will go belly-up.By one key measure, Bostonâs lab market is in as rough shape as the pandemic-battered office market - The Boston Globe
Amid a wave of new construction and an industry slowdown, the vacancy rate for life sciences buildings has exploded in recent years.www.bostonglobe.com
From investopedia,What does that even mean? The building already exists. I don't think the structure's buoyancy is the issue here.
[Emphasis in the original]"Belly up" is an idiomatic expression in American English used to describe a business, organization, or institution that has ceased to exist or gone bankrupt.
I am well aware of what the expression means, lol. I am giving you a hard time because you named the building. Sure, the developer may fail at this project.From investopedia,
[Emphasis in the original]
I am well aware of what the expression means, lol. I am giving you a hard time because you named the building. Sure, the developer may fail at this project.
But for those of us who live here and care about our built environment, as opposed to reveling in developer schadenfreude, "what's to come of this site/property/etc?" is an interesting question that is not aptly answered by "it's going to go belly-up"
Tough to hope for that if it were actually in one's own neighborhood...How about 'I hope it collapses in a heap, late at night, when no one is inside'?
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Easily spoken from an armchair commenter who doesn't live in the neighborhood and lobs comments from the greater-DC area.
How about NO, coming from a person who passes by here daily. I hate blank walls, but blank walls are a hell of a lot better than a heaping pile of mangled scrap metal and shattered concrete in the neighborhood.
Some commentary is more legit from people who inhabit and must live with a neighborhood.
I am indeed saying that no one should wish a collapsed building upon someone else's neighborhood. Yes, I am saying that.Wow. Going personal. Will try to not to make eye contact with the angry person.
So you're saying anyone not living locally currently is not entitled to an opinion here. Nice.
(and by the way, the post was made in jest - - no person in their right mind would think it was serious).
I am indeed saying that no one should wish a collapsed building upon someone else's neighborhood. Yes, I am saying that.
dude, what you were doing was trivializing someone else's neighborhood. No sh!t you weren't serious about actual structural collapse.It was in jest - - as I said in that last line "no person in their right mind would think it was serious".
Relax, have a cold soda, Killah.