The ‘Catch-22’ That Holds HBCUs Back From Being A CRE Feeder System

Bisnow's new podcast series, Office Politics: The Battle For The Future Of Work, is an in-depth examination into the raging debate surrounding when and where we work, and how that will affect not just how we use offices, but the operation of society itself. Featuring academics, authors, business leaders and workers, weekly episodes will look at how the potential shift to more remote work will affect productivity and the economy, social equality and workplace diversity, human psychology, the fight against climate change and the future of cities. You can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify and Amazon Music.

As the end of summer brings the potential for a more significant return to the office by workers, big cities like New York and London are facing one of the greatest ever challenges to their economic model — hybrid work.

The idea that workers might only come to the office two or three days a week presents a major problem for the businesses in city centers that rely on them, business owners told Bisnow in the fifth and concluding episode of Office Politics: The Battle For The Future Of Work, a podcast series presented by Industrious. 

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LOS ANGELES - Downtown Los Angeles’ reputation and landscape have changed dramatically over the past two decades. In 2001, Downtown was barely beginning to show signs of transforming from a place for workers to commute to and from into a place where those same workers elected to live. The residential population of Downtown LA has grown from just under 28,000 in 2000 to an estimated 80,000 in 2019.

The Department of City Planning’s Downtown LA Community Plan update offers guidelines for what can be built and where in Downtown LA over the next two decades. It is also linked to new zoning rules for the area. The plan projects that Downtown will add 125,000 residents and 55,000 jobs by 2040. That boom in residents would represent 20% of the city’s housing growth happening in a neighborhood that takes up 1% of the city’s land. The plan aims to accommodate what those residents will need, including housing. 

Architects and land use professionals who spoke to Bisnow said that Downtown has, over much of the past couple of decades, been one of the LA neighborhoods least likely to see pushback against new development. Still, some were unsure that the plan’s impacts would necessarily achieve its goals. 

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