@grte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca • 6 months agoThousands will soon be moving into Calgary's converted office towers. What are they going to do there?www.cbc.camessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down11
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkThousands will soon be moving into Calgary's converted office towers. What are they going to do there?www.cbc.ca@grte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca • 6 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-square@kent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish12•6 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-square@Maalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•6 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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