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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Brookfield Corporation (BN)
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Author: rnam ✭☼  😊 😞
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Subject: SF Office Tower 80% off
Date: 04/27/23 11:44 PM
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Before the pandemic, San Francisco's California Street was home to some of the world's most valuable commercial real estate. The corridor runs through the heart of the city's financial district and is lined with offices for banks and other companies that help fuel the global tech economy.

One building, a 22-story glass and stone tower at 350 California Street, was worth around $300 million in 2019, according to office broker estimates.

That building now is for sale, with bids due soon. They are expected to come in at about $60 million, commercial real-estate brokers say. That's an 80% decline in value in just four years.

This is how dire things have become in San Francisco, an extreme form of a challenge nationwide. Nearly every large U.S. city is struggling, to some degree, with reduced office-worker turnout since the pandemic spurred remote work.

wsj.com - San francisco commercial real estate office buildings?

Brookfield management claims they only own trophy properties in the best cities, NYC, SFO, London etc. Fortunately they can shelter behind IFRS values and not have to mark to market.
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This community has written 574 posts about Brookfield Corporation. The article-length ones it recommended most:
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