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30. My hunch is that they want buildings in the neighborhoods, not downtown.

Sat Oct 11, 2025, 07:33 PM

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Downtown buildings are expensive, and most are multi-tenant. I'm not sure that ICE would want their neighbors down the hall privy in even the smallest way to their.

Smaller buildings in neighborhoods and suburbs offer more privacy, are more suited to single users, and are lots cheaper than downtown commercial real estate. The smaller buildings exist everywhere, many are currently vacant, and they tend to be easier to secure. They don't need Class A space to store their weapons; a drive-in door to garage space would be useful to house their vehicles.

I worked in commercial real estate for 20 years, and this scenario makes sense to me.

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