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What Are Older Office Towers Worth When They Finally Sell Amid Record Vacancy %? (wolfstreet.com)
2 points by cinquemb on April 9, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



At the midpoint of lockdown when it became clear WFH was going to last, i believe well run listed property trusts 'fessed up to a writedown of the imputed value of their city centre office property.

If they didn't then I'd be sceptical of a return on investment for a while.


Agreed. What funds could divest from anything liquid with still decent cash flows, did so.

The rest, I suspect, will end up on central bank balance sheets via another convoluted scheme that implies a federal government back stop...




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