Thursday, March 12, 2015

large companies and historic buildings

some thoughts..

I've been renting a space in a building owned by the construction company that has the right to develop the area around the building. In Prague 7.  Building is called Bubenska 1. This is the same company that is able to knock down historic buildings. I guess a problem (from my view) is that a large company that buys property that is focused on development, has limited skill or interest in running any kind of historic space. Company's spend money only when absolutely necessary, the managers they use in the spaces are not suited to the position. The people at the top of the company seem not able to micro manage simple problems, as they have no expereince.  Construction company is better suited to constructions, loans, and selling new spaces.

Situation i was part of. Situation where a problem that could be solved for 300 dollars, would be better solved for 50,000 dollars, as they can claim the insurance on a broken pipe.

Old railway buildings could be creating income from rent for many uses for 5-10 years, yet they sit where they are waiting to be knocked down. Every year getting more and more dangerous and not useable. Plenty of small business's could be using the spaces to run different projects. The flags of the construction company gradually fade next to the historic space.

This style of construction company, has little to no interest in using any historic materials. They can't afford to be caught up in these type of problems, and will do all they can to buy their way out of having to respect what best be respected. So when stuck with historic buildings and no finance to build, what is going to happen?




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