"Finland and Utah"?Trololzilla wrote: ↑Oct 13, 2023Yeah, I would get used to seeing homeless almost everywhere with economic and social conditions as they are. Be easier just to, y'know, house them like Finland and Utah have done but who has the time to implement real solutions these day?
Not sure what you’re getting at, Utah and Finland have effective housing first policies that should be emulated. Not a race thingleeharveyawesome wrote:"Finland and Utah"?Trololzilla wrote: ↑Oct 13, 2023Yeah, I would get used to seeing homeless almost everywhere with economic and social conditions as they are. Be easier just to, y'know, house them like Finland and Utah have done but who has the time to implement real solutions these day?
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Agreed, I think studies have shown that housing first is one of the most effective policies for homelessness, I wish more communities would invest in it. Simply banning homelessness or continually moving people around isn't actually addressing the problem.dtgwvc wrote: ↑Oct 13, 2023Not sure what you’re getting at, Utah and Finland have effective housing first policies that should be emulated. Not a race thingleeharveyawesome wrote:"Finland and Utah"?Trololzilla wrote: ↑Oct 13, 2023Yeah, I would get used to seeing homeless almost everywhere with economic and social conditions as they are. Be easier just to, y'know, house them like Finland and Utah have done but who has the time to implement real solutions these day?
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Well, ok, we have the blueprint for an apparent successful approach to unhousedness. We have $600 million of free football/Walmart money. Implement the plan TOMORROW.dtgwvc wrote: ↑Oct 13, 2023Not sure what you’re getting at, Utah and Finland have effective housing first policies that should be emulated. Not a race thingleeharveyawesome wrote:"Finland and Utah"?Trololzilla wrote: ↑Oct 13, 2023Yeah, I would get used to seeing homeless almost everywhere with economic and social conditions as they are. Be easier just to, y'know, house them like Finland and Utah have done but who has the time to implement real solutions these day?
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https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2023/10/23/insurance-company-leaving-downtown-st-louis.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_5&cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_sAn insurance brokerage company is leaving downtown St. Louis after 138 years, moving employees from 100 N. Broadway to a building in St. Louis County where it has had office space for about 25 years.
The Crane Agency said the decision is based on the westward shift of where its employees live. The company will relocate employees in early to mid-February 2024 to 400 Chesterfield Center in Chesterfield.
Crane has room for about 170 employees at 100 N. Broadway, but only 20 to 30 are working daily in the approximately 35,000-square-foot space because of remote work, said Mike Reedy, Crane’s executive vice president-secretary. The company’s lease covers the ninth floor and about two-thirds of the 10th floor. Crane’s lease at 100 N. Broadway, now known as the Larson Tower, expires in November 2024, and the one at 400 Chesterfield Center ends in February 2027.
“We’re kind of capitalizing to get everybody back under one roof, reinvigorate and re-energize the culture,” Reedy said. “Our goal is to increase collaboration and mentorship.”
Asked if crime or a lack of amenities downtown were a factor in the decision, Reedy said they were not. Other firms have cited those factors when leaving downtown for other parts of the region.
“We’re not trying to dis downtown by any means,” Reedy said.
In recent years, a string of companies have left downtown St. Louis or announced plans to do so, with a lesser number of firms moving in or publicly announcing that they've renewed leases. Office vacancy worsened downtown in the third quarter compared with the second quarter, according to real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield, as the neighborhood has the highest vacancy rate, at nearly 22%, of any submarket in the region, with among the lowest asking rents.
We don’t have to try to put a positive spin on every negative DT story. I get why the company is making the move, but 20 employees and another company are leaving for the county. It’s simply bad news.dbInSouthCity wrote:20 employees in Dowtown….and the company total is 170 and had 60,000 sq feet of space between the 2 locations, by most space standards they need about 25,000 and that’s the size of their existing west county office whose a lease is longer. Sometimes a move just makes sense for the company
I don't blame them. I would consider a county move for the free 1% raiseDebaliviere91 wrote: ↑Oct 23, 2023We don’t have to try to put a positive spin on every negative DT story. I get why the company is making the move, but 20 employees and another company are leaving for the county. It’s simply bad news.dbInSouthCity wrote:20 employees in Dowtown….and the company total is 170 and had 60,000 sq feet of space between the 2 locations, by most space standards they need about 25,000 and that’s the size of their existing west county office whose a lease is longer. Sometimes a move just makes sense for the company
Exactly. It’s refreshing that they didn’t site crime or the earnings tax as the reason for leaving, but the reason they did site is arguably more concerning/challenging. A significant portion of our white collar workforce has no interest in commuting downtown.dtgwvc wrote:Main issue here was all the employees living in west county and beyond. Chesterfield office was more convenient, and that’s in addition any other issue specific to downtown. The root cause here is that the metro has spread so far west that downtown is no longer central.
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