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[pjc50]

Weirdly, companies don't seem to care about this kind of cost. I don't think I've ever seen "we're going remote first to save costs"?

More likely is the "prestige HQ" which is deliberately made more expensive than it needs to be for status.

[twic → pjc50]

That's the trend in commercial real estate - prestigious, luxurious, eye-wateringly expensive class A space is doing well, but the bottom has fallen out of the market for practical, cost-effective class B space:

https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2023/06/05/jeff-blau-to-cla...