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3. A related article.on the dilema with upgrading the buildings

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 09:51 AM

Jan 2019

https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2017/10/18/19397653/portlands-old-brick-buildings-will-kill-you

Ths other side of this is that some owners can't afford ths upgrades and would either have to demolish the building or try to dump it For those that can afford the upgrades, tenants would have to be displaced during upgrade and rents would probably have to increase to pay for the upgrades.

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