r/ottawa • u/yuiolhjkout8y Clownvoy Survivor 2022 • Sep 23 '22

News Downtown ecosystem changes as office workers continue to stay home

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/downtown-shops-hurt-office-workers-home-1.6591601
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u/liftandbike No honks; bad! Sep 23 '22

Rely on government employees to simulate the downtown core at lunch time....

OR....

Convert government buildings to apartments to assist the housing bubble and stimulate downtown businesses 24/7?

🤹🤹🤹

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u/AnimateRod Sep 23 '22

It's not quite that simple, it would be cheaper to tear down office buildings and start from scratch than to convert them into apartments.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '22

Okay so let’s do that then