Comment on Why do people say that "return to office" is about raising commercial real estate prices?

• reddit_sux@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There are taxes, utilities which have to be paid just because one owns the property. Commercial taxes are many times 2-10 times more than residential.

  Those who have bought it would rather use it bcoz no one is buying it.

  Rental agreements are usually multi-year contracts with increasing rent. Breaking contracts are costlier than calling people back to the office.

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  • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Or you can just not use the office. It is very rare that rental agreements require full occupancy.

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  • bouh@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Again, when you have a rental agreement, the money is payed already, whether you are in it or not. No need to négociateur anything. People working in the building will actually cost even more because you have the electricity and cleaning and etc.

    The building is money already lost for the company. There is no justifying anything. The decision was taken years ago. If the decision was to be taken now, now then you need to justify why you would loan a building when you can simply send people to work for home.

    And finally, yes, those who owns will be angry. But who cares? A company usually doesn’t own its building and thus doesn’t care about their prices.

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  • Rodeo@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why didn’t you just put on a sign on the front saying “we’re still open, here’s our contact info”?

    Seems like a really easy problem to fix.

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    • reddit_sux@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Didn’t help even when I had the front office open and populated with a receptionist. The overall look of the office without lights gives a rundown look.

      If I am wasting money on power and other utilities I might as well use it.

      For a sign people have to read it. Public would rather assume than read 3 words.

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