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The Future of Bushwick? “Creative Offices” for Startups

As more and more manufacturing leaves Bushwick and East Williamsburg to relocate their operations overseas where labor costs just a fraction of what it costs in the United States, empty building are giving ideas to real estate development firms

The Future of Bushwick? “Creative Offices” for Startups
95 Evergreen (photo: 95evergreen.com)

The Future of Bushwick? “Creative Offices” for Startups

As more and more manufacturing leaves Bushwick and East Williamsburg to relocate their operations overseas where labor costs just a fraction of what it costs in the United States, empty building are giving ideas to real estate development firms

The Future of Bushwick? “Creative Offices” for Startups
95 Evergreen (photo: 95evergreen.com)
95 Evergreen (photo: 95evergreen.com)

As more and more manufacturing leaves Bushwick and East Williamsburg to relocate their operations overseas where labor costs just a fraction of what it costs in the United States, empty building are giving ideas to real estate development firms. In the past year several formerly industrial buildings have been sold for tens of millions of dollars to be converted into what real estate people like to call “creative offices.” We assume the term means “not your typical corporate America office,” and they plan to cater to an emerging startup scene of Bushwick.

A prominent tech startup, Livestream , has moved to the former 3rd Ward building at 195 Morgan Ave in May 2014, and is credited with starting the movement. Nowadays, a number…

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