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One issue is plumbing. A floor of apartments needs more pipes and drains than were built in for office space. Interesting problem to solve, for sure.
by kaiku 3y ago
One issue is plumbing. A floor of apartments needs more pipes and drains than were built in for office space. Interesting problem to solve, for sure.
- jghn 3y agoBesides plumbing, one thing that came up on a similar discussion in the subreddit for my local area was that there the codes are different between commercial & residential in terms of how far away a room can be from an exterior wall. And it's not uncommon for commercial buildings to have a lot of space that would be unusable in a residential setting because of this.
- okdood64 3y agoPlumbing wasn't an issue for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Van_Ness_Avenue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Van_Ness_Avenue I think the shape of the building matters most.
- ajb 3y agoNot really. Most of these kind of offices have either a raised floor or suspended ceiling, making the addition of this kind of service trivial, compared to doing it in residential buildings. Natural light and fire escapes will be more difficult to provide.