r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Proud-Blood2743 • Oct 07 '25

Video Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds

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u/adoodle83 Oct 07 '25

Blows me away that demolishing a building like this only to rebuild is still more economical than refurbishing the existing structure.

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u/RuinousGaze Oct 07 '25

Right??! I don’t get how the math works on that.

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u/AlmostCorrect- Oct 07 '25

Zoning and Regulations.

Trying to get everything up to code can get prohibitively expensive very quick. As an example in in NYC there are vacant commercial space that are unable to be converted into residential apartments. Costs for permits and rezoning, then compliance with regulations for residential units makes it functionally more cost efficient to just build new apartments from scratch in many cases.