REAL ESTATE
Downtown Office-to-Residential Conversions
Buildings that are considered the “worst” office buildings—typically Class B—often are the best candidates for conversion to residential uses. The smaller floor plates and high floor-to-floor ceilings lend themselves to residential conversion. Office building HVAC ducts and electrical wiring reduce 11-foot (3.3 m) floor-to-floor stories to about 8 feet (2.4 m) in height. Such ducts and cabling can be stripped back for residential uses, leaving 10-foot (3 m) ceilings that feel spacious and luxurious to residents.
https://urbanland.uli.org/issues-trends/downtown-office-to-residential-conversions
Office conversions on pace for a banner year
So far this year, 73 office conversions have finished construction and another 30 are tracking to be finished by the end of 2024, according to a recent analysis by CBRE Group Inc. (NYSE: CBRE). That’s up from 63 conversion projects that wrapped in 2023, among markets tracked by CBRE, and materially more than the 46 that finished in 2020. If all 103 conversion projects in CBRE’s analysis are completed this year, it’ll be the largest number of successful projects finished in one year by a significant margin since at least 2016. In the years leading up to the pandemic, it was typical to see fewer than 40 conversions completed annually.
https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2024/11/18/office-conversions-financing-downtowns-incentives.html
Turning Workplaces into Showplaces
Absorption of office space is expected to remain negative through the rest of 2024 and 2025, according to the NAIOP Research Foundation’s Office Space Demand Forecast, with national office net absorption totaling negative 13.4 million square feet in the first quarter. Net absorption will increase slightly in 2025, totaling negative 4.5 million square feet, NAIOP says. Meanwhile, office-to-apartment conversions are said to make up 38% of the 147,000 apartments planned for future adaptive reuse developments. According to RentCafe, office buildings being transformed into apartments now average 72 years of age, two decades younger than those converted before 2021. Cities registering the highest conversion volume are Washington, D.C. (with 5,820 units), New York City (5,215 units) and Dallas (3,163 units).
https://www.nar.realtor/commercial/create/turning-workplaces-into-showplaces
Office Conversions Find New Life After Property Values Plunge
Now that office vacancy has reached record levels, sellers are willing to take what they can. That has caused values to plunge for nothing-special buildings in second-rate locations, making the numbers on many of those properties now viable for conversions. Seventy-three U.S. conversion projects have been completed this year, slightly up from 63 in 2023, according to real-estate services firm CBRE Group. But another 309 projects are planned or under way with about three-quarters of them office to residential. In all, about 38,000 units are in the works, CBRE said.
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/commercial/office-conversions-find-new-life-after-property-values-plunge-ada4722f?mod=djemRealEstate_h
Denver Voters Approve $570M To Revitalize Downtown
Denver City Council created the Denver Union Station Project Authority and approved the DDDA’s creation in 2008, establishing a $500M TIF area on the Regional Transportation District’s Union Station site and about 40 acres surrounding it. That debt was paid off 15 years early, Garrett said, and the city faced a decision: It could either shut down the major funding mechanism that had reactivated the Union Station area or expand it so it could be used to fund improvements across the central business district. Ballot Measure 6A expands the area served by the DDDA so it “comprises the area generally bounded by Speer Boulevard, Colfax Avenue, Grant Street, 20th Street, and the Denver Union Station Light Rail lines.”
https://www.bisnow.com/denver/news/economic-development/denver-ballot-measure-6a-126636
Are You Not Entertained
Eatertainment isn’t a new phenomenon: Its roots lie in the frenetic arcade ethos of Dave & Buster’s and Chuck E. Cheese; even the misty, fantastical universe of the Rainforest Cafe. But today’s eatertainment has an accelerated, self-serious feel, perhaps driven by increasing competition in the sector to up the ante — to offer an experience more flashy, more distinctly marketable than the next. An astonishing amount of money has poured into eatertainment in the past few years: Investors run the gamut from nascent venture capital firms to restaurant industry executives to behemoth investment companies like Blackrock. Even pro athletes are cashing in: Puttery received a $10 million investment from pro golfer Rory McIlroy; Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes invested in Chicken N Pickle. Like the rest of the hospitality industry, eatertainment was majorly disrupted by pandemic shutdowns, but it has ballooned in the years since.
https://twincities.eater.com/2024/11/13/24284793/eatertainment-boom-success-restaurants-entertainment-pickleball-smash-park
Commercial Real Estate’s Wall of Maturities: Should You Be Concerned or Not?
With more foreclosures occurring and greater amounts of maturities on the way, should there be concern regarding the vast wall of commercial real estate loan maturities? Although the market continues to navigate the challenges, several reasons for elevated concern linger. First and foremost is the inability to accurately gauge value. The lack of surety around accurate values creates added uncertainty, which in turn can delay transactions, generate greater underwriting risk, and lead to a host of other substantive issues. Additionally, early this year, debt costs exceeded equity. As debt became more costly than equity, many projects were unable to refinance. Recently, rates on debt appear to be receding, which may allow for more projects to be financed.
https://urbanland.uli.org/capital-markets-and-finance/commercial-real-estates-wall-of-maturities
Don’t Panic as Trillions in Commercial Loans Come Due
Despite such challenges, there’s a rebound on the horizon for commercial brokers and agents who can hold on, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of REALTORS®. Yun was speaking at the Commercial Economic Issues and Trends Forum during NAR NXT, The REALTOR® Experience, in Boston. Commercial assets will recover as the economic picture improves, he said. But first, the market has to come through the fire of $1.8 trillion in commercial real estate loans set to mature before the end of 2026. The Counselors of Real Estate recently called out this wave of loan maturation as one of the top 10 biggest challenges affecting commercial real estate over the next year. Borrowers with near-term maturities could be facing new debt service payments that could jump as high as 75% or 100%, the CRE report warns.
https://www.nar.realtor/magazine/real-estate-news/commercial/dont-panic-as-trillions-in-commercial-loans-come-due
Signs of Optimism: Where Office Net Absorption Has Turned Positive
Net absorption has turned positive in these major urban centers, with more than 1 million square feet of office space leased than vacated. While net absorption was negative last year, it has since turned positive, indicating that leased office space now exceeds vacated space. For instance, Philadelphia has seen a remarkable shift. Net office absorption was -2.3 million square feet, but it has now improved to +1.1 million square feet. Thus, over the past year, Philadelphia has converted more than 3.4 million square feet of office space into leased space. Texas’s “Triangle” (Austin, Dallas, and Houston) net absorption has increased significantly due to continued business relocations, expansions, and strong job creation. However, net absorption in these urban centers remains below pre-pandemic levels. Sacramento stands out as the only one of these top five large urban centers to surpass its pre-pandemic net absorption levels. Its pre-pandemic absorption was 1.16 million square feet, and it has now exceeded 1.24 million square feet, marking a notable recovery.
https://www.nar.realtor/blogs/economists-outlook/signs-of-optimism-where-office-net-absorption-has-turned-positive
Reaching for a New Standard in Industrial Warehouse Design
The facility provides a productive and healthy environment for employees through design features that support work, rest and a connection to nature. In the warehouse, employees experience ample daylight by way of 90 skylights strategically placed over regularly occupied spaces, along with sections of floor-to-ceiling windows — a stark contrast to the typical industrial space. “One of our highest priorities for a new distribution center was creating an industry-leading employee experience,” Wilks said. “REI and AI. Neyer considered every element of an employee’s time at work, including their roles at ergonomically friendly spaces and the environment in which they work. Walking into REI’s Lebanon distribution center is unlike any other facility in this category, and together
https://www.naiop.org/research-and-publications/magazine/2024/fall-2024/development-ownership/reaching-for-a-new-standard-in-industrial-warehouse-design/
Solar panels on big Denver buildings throw shade that helps crops grow — and the plants return the favor
In 2018, Denver became the second city, after San Francisco, to adopt a green roof ordinance, mandating every new building, building addition, or roof replacement with a gross floor area of 25,000 square feet or more must include a green roof or a combination of green roof and solar array. So far, there have been 24 projects in Denver, mainly on the roofs of office and commercial buildings, covering 35,285 square feet with 43,685 planters, according to the city’s Department of Community Planning and Development. These installations usually include succulents, grasses or perennial flowers, needing a base of 4 to 6 inches in which to grow. When solar panels are added, they are close to the growing surface. The beds can act as anchors for the arrays.
https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/19/solar-panels-rooftop-gardens-csu-spur-campus/
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
US Rep. Brittany Pettersen and new bipartisan caucus will target high housing costs in Congress
Pettersen is one of the co-chairs of the new bipartisan YIMBY (Yes, In My Back Yard) Caucus that seeks to bring together Congress members who want to make affordable housing a priority. “It doesn’t matter if you’re in a red or a blue district, this is impacting everybody. So it’s about bringing those members together to come up with a broad array of policy solutions,” she explained. While many housing policies are set at the local level, Pettersen does see a role for Congress and the federal government. That could include reevaluating tax credits or creating incentives to help developers build the types of housing communities need.
https://www.cpr.org/2024/12/03/congress-caucus-target-high-housing-costs/
To save affordable housing, states promote resident-owned mobile home parks
Mike Bullard, vice president of communications at ROC USA, an organization that works with mobile-home owners across the country, acknowledged that owners generally don’t buy their parks with hopes of a big financial return. They do it to keep their rents affordable and ensure stability over the long term, he said. The mobile home park in Missouri, for example, doesn’t expect residents to ever fully pay off its debt. Rather, the co-op plans to refinance over time and draw on equity to fund needed infrastructure improvements. ROC USA has helped create more than 330 resident-owned parks across the country. Bullard said the organization generally helps communities secure a 10-year loan with a balloon payment toward the end. The idea is that communities build a financial track record within a few years of conversion and can refinance in traditional lending markets.
https://stateline.org/2024/10/30/to-save-affordable-housing-states-promote-resident-owned-mobile-home-parks/
This new Phoenix development could be a model for extremely affordable senior housing
The 160-square-foot transitional units—two per container—will each have kitchenettes with fully accessible bathrooms and accommodate stays of around four to six months. The three-story apartment building will include 380-square-foot units with large screened-in patios. The structures, equipped with high-efficiency 2-ton mini-split air conditioners, will be powered entirely by rooftop solar panels and lithium batteries, reducing their carbon footprint, sparing tenants electricity bills, and eliminating enormous operational costs.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91224108/phoenix-affordable-housing-senior-bridge-development
Denver homeowners can skip rezoning hearings: ADUs now allowed in neighborhoods citywide
The housing units, often referred to as ADUs, are smaller, secondary residential structures that can be built on the same lots as traditional single-family homes. They give property owners options to bring in additional income by renting them out or to provide space for family members like grandparents. They can take the form of converted garages or be new structures. Denver has embraced ADUs as a strategy to add more housing options — and ostensibly cheaper housing — in more residential neighborhoods where apartment buildings may not be allowed. Councilmembers, led by Amanda Sandoval, over the last handful of years have rezoned at least 10 Denver neighborhoods to make ADUs an allowed use on all residential lots in those areas.
https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/18/council-housing-accessory-dwelling-units-adu-citywide/
Why did the Denver mayor’s affordable housing sales tax measure fall short? Lack of a clear plan, for starters.
“This was winnable,” said Robin Kniech, a former Denver city councilwoman with a deep background in housing policy work, in an interview last week. “In trying to provide something for everyone, they failed to articulate any specific outcomes for anyone.” All told, Ballot Issue 2R would have been the largest dedicated sales tax in city history — a 0.5% addition to the city’s rate that would have generated an estimated $100 million per year in revenue for the affordable housing cause. That money would have paid for investments in new mixed-income housing developments, preservation of existing affordable housing, rent subsidies, down payment assistance for homebuyers and more, according to the campaign.
https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/18/denver-affordable-housing-sales-tax-2r-election-defeat-mike-johnston/
U.S. Accuses RealPage of Illegally Coordinating Rent Prices
“Americans should not have to pay more in rent because a company has found a new way to scheme with landlords to break the law,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a statement. “We allege that RealPage’s pricing algorithm enables landlords to share confidential, competitively sensitive information and align their rents.” The Justice Department action is the latest sign that federal and local governments are pursuing a more aggressive stance on regulating Wall Street and other large institutions’ role in the housing market. A bill in Congress would ban the use of these algorithmic pricing systems, while another would eliminate tax benefits enjoyed by large companies that own single-family homes for rent.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/u-s-accuses-real-estate-software-company-of-illegally-coordinating-rent-prices-26e5c71d?mod=realtor
A Shortage Of Housing And A Glut Of Bedrooms
Unfortunately, while we’re converting bedrooms into workplaces really fast, it’s much harder to convert workplaces (i.e., office buildings) into bedrooms. But surely we can find ways to unlock at least some of those extra bedrooms to give more people places to live! The most obvious way is for overhoused people – especially if they are financially stressed – to rent out their extra bedrooms. This is not a new idea; some single women who own homes have always run what amount to boarding houses. But finding trustworthy tenants and time and cost of the transaction has always been a problem. However, apps like Padsplit.com might disrupt this whole work just as Uber and AirBNB disrupted their worlds.
https://futureofwhere.substack.com/p/a-shortage-of-housing-and-a-glut
REAL ESTATE AND MOBILITY
Gas stations won’t go away after the EV revolution—they’ll just get better
Gas stations simply aren’t designed to hold multiple vehicles waiting in line for 20-plus-minute charging sessions. That makes it hard to simply convert existing stations to EV charging spots. On top of that, Bennett says adding enough charging capacity to an existing station could require a new electrical substation or power line. But that’s not stopping many existing gas station brands and convenience stores from experimenting with ways to upgrade their services. Rove found that EV drivers on average tend to spend 15 to 25 minutes charging, typically enough to fill half their battery. That additional time gives charging stations a chance to offer more than grab-and-go convenience.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91226613/electric-vehicles-gas-stations-charging-infrastructure
For Decades, Installing E.V. Chargers Didn’t Pay Off for Retailers. Now It Does.
Now, new studies say retailers’ charging efforts may well be paying off: One peer-reviewed study by researchers at Boston University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison published this year looked at the impact of nearly 1,600 Tesla Supercharger stations in more than 800 U.S. counties and found a 4 percent increase in monthly visits for retailers within 200 meters of chargers after they were installed. The effects were most pronounced for retailers within 150 meters. The researchers also found a 5 percent increase in spending.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/business/ev-chargers-store-parking-lots.html#:~:text=For%20Decades%2C%20Installing%20E.V.,for%20foot%20traffic%20and%20sales.
Going downtown or to the ’burbs? Nope. The exurbs are where people are moving
The migration — and property sprawl — reflects a significant kind of growth seen all over the country this decade: the rise of the far-flung exurbs. Outlying communities on the outer margins of metro areas — some as far away as 60 miles (97 kilometers) from a city’s center — had some of the fastest-growing populations last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Those communities are primarily in the South, like Anna on the outskirts of the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area; Fort Mill, South Carolina, outside Charlotte, North Carolina; Lebanon outside Nashville; and Polk County’s Haines City.
https://apnews.com/article/census-exurbs-growth-moving-florida-texas-c98972d87c37faa9ceb89cfcfa07ce1d
Why so many Americans prefer sprawl to walkable neighborhoods
People, however, do not live according to the preferences of planners. Pew Research Center recently asked 5,079 American adults whether they would prefer to live in a community where the houses are smaller and closer to each other but schools, stores and restaurants are within walking distance — in other words, a 15-minute neighborhood — or where the houses are larger and farther apart but schools, stores and restaurants are several miles away — in other words, sprawl. Most people, it turned out, preferred sprawl. The only demographic groups in which majorities were willing to give up the larger house for the walkable neighborhood were the young, highly educated and Democratic-leaning.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/walkable-neighborhoods-suburban-sprawl-pollution/
Airports as Destinations: Branding Cities in East and Southeast Asia
Packed with a golf course, ice skating rink, and even a Museum of Korean Culture, Seoul’s Incheon International Airport offers amenities that provide entertainment for long layovers and attract even casual visitors. The Hong Kong Airport is another one of the growing number of airports enticing passengers with exciting forms of entertainment. The airport hosts a four-month cultural festival of music and art and also boasts a workshop where passengers can make personalized gifts and enjoy VR experiences. Save this picture!Airports as Destinations: Branding Cities in East and Southeast Asia – Image 10 of 11Beijing Daxing International Airport / Zaha Hadid Architects. These mega-hubs set a new vision for what airports can be, breaking the distinction between transportation infrastructure and urban attractions. By integrating art, culture, and recreation into their design, these airports are going beyond the typical passenger experience, transforming what was once merely a waiting area into a community space and a touristic attraction in its own right.
https://www.archdaily.com/1023352/airports-as-destinations-branding-cities-in-east-and-southeast-asia
UL10: Urban Parking Solutions
As much as modern culture has embraced the automobile, parking still tends to be perceived as a necessary evil. Asphalt expanses or dour gray monoliths showcasing a monotonous array of windshields can suck the life out of any streetscape. Inventively designed parking structures and strategies, however, can contain vehicles while harmonizing with their surroundings, deploying sustainable elements, incorporating artwork or complementary uses, and adding vibrancy to the street. The following projects include an underwater bicycle garage; a university parking structure that includes a gaming lounge and food hall; a surface lot reimagined as open space with parklike amenities; an underground cafeteria repurposed for cars; and parking decks wrapped in artistic, semitransparent enclosures that reflect local culture.
https://urbanland.uli.org/ul10-parking-solutions-10-adventurous-designs-for-vehicle-storage
Living in a Park, Not a Parking Lot
While designing EVE Park, rethinking parking has been vital in creating more space for human interaction and lessening the visual impact of garages. The team’s solution involves stacking the cars and automating parking so that residents can drop their cars off and walk to their homes. Stacking cars in an architecturally distinctive, small-footprint parking structure centralizes all the infrastructure necessary to accommodate automobiles while still affording the possibility of a more socially driven, pedestrian-oriented residential condition. The units are wrapped in light-colored metal panels that eflect sunlight throughout the project’s interior courtyards. This approach permits the team to rethink site planning from a fundamental level. It removes the typical emphasis on serial garages accessed directly from the street and allows for a unique and community-oriented plan instead.
https://www.naiop.org/research-and-publications/magazine/2024/fall-2024/development-ownership/living-in-a-park-not-a-parking-lot/
Colorado bought a Denver railyard for $50 million. 3 years later, it could be sold
When the state of Colorado bought Burnham Yard in 2021, it had big plans for the old railyard south of downtown Denver. The state expected the roughly 60-acre site could accommodate the expansion of Interstate 25, new RTD light rail tracks, and even the planned Front Range passenger rail line. “This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities,” a high-ranking state transportation official said then. Fifty million dollars later, state transportation officials say they don’t actually need most of the land and are preparing it for sale. “[The state’s] focus in the next year-and-a-half is making sure that we’re doing everything we can out there to get the property to a point where we can make it viable for sale,” Piper Darlington, director of the Colorado Transportation Investment Office, which is managing Burnham Yard, told the state Transportation Commission last week.
https://denverite.com/2024/11/25/denver-burnham-yard-sale/?
MOBILITY
The ‘Lightfoot’ Electric Scooter Lets You Literally Ride a Solar Panel Around Town
The Lightfoot scooter includes a massive solar panel you drape your legs across. Will it provide extra range? Perhaps. Will it be the oddest-looking scooter strolling through any frontier town or down a city street? Absolutely. Lightfoot makers, the startup Otherlab, said in its announcement post the Lightfoot cargo scooter was inspired by the Vespa and Volkswagen bus, and it’s certainly one of those vehicles that will get an aging hippy excited.
https://gizmodo.com/the-lightfoot-electric-scooter-lets-you-literally-ride-a-solar-panel-around-town-2000524192
Paris set to limit traffic in the city’s central core
You can share an article by clicking on the share icons at the top right of it. The total or partial reproduction of an article, without the prior written authorization of Le Monde, is strictly forbidden. The decree applies to the first, second, third and fourth districts in the capital, an area of some 5.5 square kilometers that includes landmarks such as the Louvre Museum and Tuileries Gardens. The measure will come into effect on Monday, David Belliard, the Green deputy mayor in charge of transport, told Agence France-Presse (AFP). Vehicle access to this zone will only be authorized for emergency vehicles, buses, taxis, people with reduced mobility, motorists living or working there and so-called “destination traffic” including those in the area for a specific reason such as a medical appointment, shopping, or cinema visit.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2024/10/31/paris-set-to-limit-traffic-in-the-city-s-central-core_6731149_114.html
How one city [Stockholm] learned to love congestion pricing
“At the time, this was seen as, you know, like a suicide idea. Who would ever do this?” said Jonas Eliasson, director of transport accessibility at the Swedish Transport Administration, who led a team that did the modelling and evaluation of the pricing ahead of the trial, which was introduced in January 2006. “We had something like maybe 60, 70 per cent of public opinion against congestion pricing for all the usual reasons: it will never work, it’s unfair, car drivers have to drive,” he said. “But then it was introduced, and even to my surprise, I must say, it worked even better than we thought.” The city did some planning ahead of time, purchasing more than 100 buses, adding 16 new bus routes, and building park-and-ride facilities, covering a roughly 35 square kilometre area. It was a wild success. Traffic in the area dropped far more than Eliasson and his team had predicted — 20 per cent.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-congestion-pricing-1.7369112
Denver on-pace for record use of public e-scooters, bikes in 2024
In 2023, DOTI recorded 5.2 million riders on scooters and bikes under the ride share program. “Since the program launch, Denver has become the most highly utilized e-scooter program in the nation with 5.6 million trips completed so far this year, demonstrating the program’s popularity and necessity in Denverite’s mobility landscape,” Ford said in a statement. An all-time single day ridership high was recorded on Saturday, June 15, when 39,868 trips were made. September was the highest ridership month, with a recorded 795,823 trips made, according to DOTI data.
https://denvergazette.com/news/transportation/denver-scooter-bike-share-record-trips/article_91d673c0-9631-11ef-85be-4b3a81bea572.html
At Least Local Transit Initiatives Won Big in Tuesday’s Election
Many advocates worry about the fate of federal funding for sustainable transportation in light of Tuesday’s federal election results, but voters across America approved a stunning $24.9 billion for transit improvements across 18 separate ballot measures. In the end, it was a banner year in which 46 out of 53 initiatives passed overall — a nearly 87 percent win rate that sends a strong message that the American people want more choices about how they get around even if they didn’t always vote for transit-friendly politicians elsewhere on the ballot, advocates said.
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/11/11/at-least-local-transit-initiatives-won-big-in-tuesdays-election
The Winding Road of American Gas Station Design
As gas stations became an integral part of the modern built environment, many of the 20th century’s most distinguished architects tried their hand at designing them. Between the ’30s and ’60s, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Jean Prouvé, Arne Jacobsen, Albert Frey, and Eliot Noyes all fashioned forward-looking fueling stations across North America and Europe, some of which, like Frey’s Palm Springs station and Mies van der Rohe’s Montreal Esso outpost, have since been repurposed into civic buildings. Frank Lloyd Wright designed a gas station as part of his 1930s utopian vision for Broadacre City. Although his plan for the American exurban development was never realized, he was commissioned to bring a version of his gas station design to fruition in the 1950s. The R.W. Lindholm Service Station in Minnesota,
https://www.dwell.com/article/american-gas-station-design-history-evolution-ev-charging-1c184319
Cities In Ohio Are Scooping Out Intersections To Prevent Street Takeovers
Cities across the United States have faced weekly onslaughts of Chargers, G35s, Mustangs, Camaros, and other rear-wheel-drive vehicles doing donuts in massive clouds of tire smoke as rowdy crowds gather, sometimes leading to violence. The city of Cleveland, Ohio recently undertook simple yet drastic measures to prevent these dangerous takeovers: city officials created a dedicated task force that carved a checkerboard of staggered textured indentations in popular intersections. Previously, the California city of Compton installed an array of reflective dots in an intersection that was a common ground for these takeovers, though the effort was entirely in vain as the dots failed to effectively deter takeover activities. Up until now, the most effective tactic that authorities can deploy to safely bring these volatile gatherings to a screeching halt has been use of “stop sticks” which puncture participants’ tires, forcing them to stop. Now though, Cleveland is taking a page out of Kansas City’s book and cutting grooves into popular intersections which effectively shred and destroy tires if a burnout or donut is attempted.
https://jalopnik.com/cities-in-ohio-are-scooping-out-intersections-to-preven-1851691400
