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Former WeWork office building in San Francisco sees value slashed by about 66% (marketwatch.com)
25 points by LastNevadan on April 20, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 7 comments


Trying to catch up with the company itself :D


Sf budget is about to get crushed.


The good thing about Prop 13 in cases like this is most real property (including most commercial real property) is taxed at a basis value so far below its actually fair market value that even a sale realizing a sizable loss from its former paper value is often only a small hit to the tax rolls (and can actually be a boon, resetting the tax basis above what it was, given the limited increases without a change in ownership.)


Good. SF is able to paper over it's structural problems with money. That's a waste of time and money. Fix the core issues - money can't.


Every Listed Property Trust worldwide did some write down in covid.

Wework is not a special case.


good. the era of overinflated real estate in SF is hopefully coming to an end.


The problem is that none of the significant price deflation is happening in residential property, it's just commercial/office space.




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