grte to Canada · 9 months agoThousands will soon be moving into Calgary's converted office towers. What are they going to do there?www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkThousands will soon be moving into Calgary's converted office towers. What are they going to do there?www.cbc.cagrte to Canada · 9 months agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarekent_ehlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 months agoNobody with any idea what they’re talking about said it was impossible. It’s just expensive and time consuming to do. The conversions I’ve been affected by took longer than building a new structure of similar size.
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoYou basically need to completely redo the plumbing. At that point, it’s often cheaper to just bulldoze it and rebuild.
Nobody with any idea what they’re talking about said it was impossible.
It’s just expensive and time consuming to do.
The conversions I’ve been affected by took longer than building a new structure of similar size.
You basically need to completely redo the plumbing. At that point, it’s often cheaper to just bulldoze it and rebuild.
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