Some people look at empty office buildings and see economic decline. Others look at empty office buildings and see homes for illegal aliens.
Seattle bought an old, large motel awhile ago for a bunch of money. $60 million I think? Plan was to turn it into a place where the homeless (oops - I mean “un-housed”) could live.
Except the motel can’t handle that many meals (either no restaurant, or too small). And the homeless people should be able to have a kitchen like a “real” home.
Well, that is too expensive to do, so the motel sits empty. Paying $330,000 a month to keep heat on and pay the loan.
Bingo cards everywhere are flashing...
I see a good set for a dystopian SciFi movie…
That is a reasonable expectation except........ Mayor Adams is apparently purposely avoiding the action. He simply has not and is not commandeering the empty real estate to house the human flood.
He knows better.
Bottom line is that he is screwed regardless of what he does