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A 20 story office tower right in San Francisco that used to be worth 320 million dollars just went up for auction and got zero bidders. Not one person stepped up even for a single dollar. The building at 600 California Street is in rough shape after the whole downtown office crash. High vacancies from …
He also shared this. The guy lost his fucking mind. pic.twitter.com/eAJ4nfreTJ — Rude Awakening ✝️ 🇺🇸 (@RudeAwakeningHQ) April 13, 2026 HOLY WAR Pope hits back at Trump after president blasts him as ‘terrible & weak’ over Iran war & posts AI pic of himself as Jesus POPE Leo XIV has hit back at Donald Trump …
FAA announces a GROUND STOP at Newark airport after an air traffic control tower there was reportedly evacuated! This is just hours after the deadly collision at LaGuardia airport Sunday night. This means “two of the three major New York airports are shut down.” pic.twitter.com/BizuxggNw5 — Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) March 23, 2026 5-hour …
The air traffic control tower at Hollywood Burbank Airport was left unmanned Monday evening as controllers called out amid the ongoing government shutdown, citing unpaid work. According to the FAA, the tower went offline around 4:15 p.m. and was expected to remain without staff until 10 p.m. In the meantime, air traffic duties were handed …
Technology is moving faster than the buildings meant to contain it. Data centers take two to three years to construct, but demand can flip in half that time. JLL warns that without a precise read on future workloads and target customers, new facilities risk opening already obsolete https://www.jll.com/en-us/insights/why-data-centers-could-hit-obsolescence-sooner-than-you-think. Power densities are exploding. Rack loads are …
‼️US commercial real estate CRISIS in one chart: Office space vacancy rates hit ~20% in Q2 2025, the highest share on RECORD. Vacant office space has almost DOUBLED in 5 years. This is also WAY above the post-Great Financial Crisis peak. When will this stop? pic.twitter.com/5w73em8MBe — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) August 20, 2025 Another …
China just pulled ahead in the global energy race and barely anyone in the West is paying attention. Engineers there have finished building a wind turbine so massive it makes most American skyscrapers look small. It stands taller than a 63 story building and is already operational. This single turbine can generate enough electricity to …
Staffing Was ‘Not Normal’ at Reagan Airport Tower, According to F.A.A. Report The report, reviewed by The New York Times, said that one controller was communicating with both helicopters and planes. Those jobs are typically assigned to two people, not one. Staffing at the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport was “not …
by confoundedinterest17 The US is the expensive tower of power … but it should be cheap. Getting rid of coal power was idiotic and The Left’s fear of nuclear power is laughable. EIA data by user classification, chart by Mish. Rising energy bills have forced companies to scale back industrial operations, threatening a greater drag on the economy. …
A Chicago police SWAT team responded about 6:50 p.m. Tuesday to the River North skyscraper at 401 N. Wabash Ave., police said. One person was taken into custody https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/10/08/gun-trump-tower-chicago-cpd-cfd-city-hall-crime-river-north-person-in-custody A massive police response was seen at Trump Tower—with dozens of squad cars and an armored SWAT team car staged in front… https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/large-police-response-chicago-trump-tower/ h/t Tess
Luxury living in L.A. for the homeless. The Weingart Tower in Los Angeles, California, cost approximately $165 million to build, with each unit costing around $600,000: Funding The project was funded by Proposition HHH, which voters approved in 2016 to support housing projects. The state also provided $56 million in tax credits. Amenities The tower …
The DNC projecting “Project 2025 HQ” on Trump Tower in Chicago is criminal. It also reminds Americans that the Democrat Party can only offer distractions and not real solutions for critical issues that actually matter like the border and economy.pic.twitter.com/Dbnz5p81u1 — Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) August 19, 2024 h/t MT Ballsack
🚨HEART TOUCHING: A MASSIVE MOTORCADE OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS IS TAKING PLACE IN FRONT OF TRUMP TOWER RIGHT NOW! Yesterday, God protected Trump from an evil assassination attempt. WE THE PEOPLE LOVE TRUMP! Share to make this go viral! pic.twitter.com/ulcjtol5Tv — Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) July 14, 2024
🚨#BREAKING: Multiple Trump Supporters have been outside Trump Tower after unfurling a massive thing blue line trump flag⁰⁰📌#Manhattan | #NewYork The New York police are on the scene after arresting at least three Trump supporters outside Trump Tower in Manhattan, New… pic.twitter.com/NzmZBGksJ7 — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) June …
Got a feeling there are going to be serious repercussions for this attack. Building which is a residential Tower Block has completely collapsed. Saying there are 4 confirmed dead up to now. Expected to rise significantly. Ukrainians are saying it is a Russian False Flag. Russians are saying it was a US/NATO ATACM. Russians have …
These numbers are so large & offices cost so much to maintain & lease up I have no idea if they will ever make $ no matter how much discount they get. It really is the worst asset class IMO, and I've held that opinion pre-pandemic. It's just a prestige thing cuz most are dtown …
The precipitous decline in the value of a prominent Class A office tower, 750 Lexington in NYC, sends shockwaves through the commercial real estate sector, with Morningstar reporting an alarming 83% decrease in valuation since 2015. The transfer of a $130M loan tied to the building into special servicing due to default further exacerbates concerns …
New York during the inflationary surge of the late 70s and early 80s was a mythical place where one could purchase a Park avenue penthouse for $1 (while assuming the copious debt, of course). Now, thanks to the brutal bear hug of the highest interest rates in 40 years and the ongoing CRE crisis, those …
The Italian city of Bologna is preparing for one of its iconic towers, built more than 900 years ago, to collapse due to excessive leaning. The tower of Garisenda, twinned by the nearby Asinelli tower, is one of Bologna’s hallmark sights, standing at just over 150 feet tall. But it has been leaning since at …
by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics represents another brick in the mall. Or office space! Understanding the backdrop of the crime-ridden progressive metro area of San Francisco, alongside the mass exodus of businesses and residents, and the record-high vacancy rate of office towers, we asked a very important question earlier this summer: What are office buildings worth? We quickly found out in June that one downtown …
‘Melbourne public housing tower residents will receive compensation payments of about $2,200 each from the Victorian government after they were forced into a sudden hard lockdown during a COVID-19 outbreak. On Monday, the government’s lawyers told the Supreme Court the measures taken in July 2020 were justified but that a settlement had been put forward …