In downtown Seattle, total office vacancy is now around 35%, according to commercial real estate firm CBRE, and rents are softening. That’s even worse than during the Great Recession, when downtown Seattle office vacancy reached around 21%.

  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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    22 days ago

    even worse than during the Great Recession,

    The difference is all the working is being done without the need for those offices.

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      22 days ago

      The difference is all the working is being done without the need for those offices.

      That’s been always the case though, they were forced to reckon with it.