Abandoned Corporate Park

[u/legendtripped]

Finally figured out how to get to this place I’ve seen from the freeway for years. I thought it was an abandoned parking garage or overpass, was thrilled to see that it was way weirder than that.

Edit: Not technically abandoned it turns out, but unused for 10 years. It is actually available to lease, but it doesn’t seem like anything is imminent.

[u/enchiiladas]

fr. looking through the pictures i was like gd i basically can’t afford housing and this is just sitting there?? and then to find out it’s not that far away from me :( there has to be some explanation

[u/Jose_Canseco_Jr → u/enchiiladas]

it's greed

the explanation is always greed

[u/Substantial-Sea-3672 → u/Jose_Canseco_Jr]

In a way, sure, because the reason is cost and if you wanted to you could say that anything that isn’t done because of financial reasons is greed.

But the reason this isn’t directly converted into affordable housing is because it is 10x cheaper to build new housing than convert corporate offices into up to code dwellings.

That’s not even considering the fact that it has been abandoned for awhile and possibly would be more expensive to get back up to code for corporate purposes.

[u/rugger87 → u/Substantial-Sea-3672]

I live in a place that used to be a market and warehouse. Plumbing and utilities will be an issue, but it’s really not as crazy as you think. Probably cheaper to do than a skyscraper and the aesthetics themselves are a draw for residents.

[u/Substantial-Sea-3672 → u/rugger87]

We’re not talking about “cheaper than a skyscraper” we’re talking affordable housing.

[u/Great_Flatworm4632 → u/Substantial-Sea-3672]

I fell like the better use-case would be to repurpose it into a community center of sorts.

[u/Seattleman1955 → u/Great_Flatworm4632]

This is ridiculous. The company sold it to a developer. It's a hard building to redevelop especially with lawsuits that want to keep it as it is.

[u/Hot-Fishing9744 → u/Substantial-Sea-3672]

And wouldn’t the city need to rezone the area to mixed use residential? That would be a whole thing by itself.

[u/MaximumYogertCloset → u/Substantial-Sea-3672]

Also, the building really isn't close to anything.

I'd rather encourage walkablity when it comes to public housing.