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by yourMadness 899 days ago
How expensive is it to not build a single-purpose building like an office or housing condo in the first place, but a true multipurpose building that can do both well with manageable retooling costs?
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Multipurpose anything tends to not work out well. Different use cases have different requirements. Specialization is everywhere, both in nature and in human creations.
I don't know the numbers, but here's an hour long YouTube video talking about this (from the Odd Lots Bloomberg podcast): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aVVwTSsvNZ0