Charging station – a utility attached to real estate in the US
For office buildings and apartment buildings in the US, electric vehicle charging stations can be an important factor determining the occupancy rate of projects. Apartments lack appeal without charging stations In its analysis of the “race” for charging stations in apartment and office projects, the Los Angeles Times cited a story about a $350 million apartment building in downtown Los Angeles. Before official construction, project director Hamid Behdad said he had to “give in” to a last-minute request from the planning board members – quadrupling the number of electric vehicle charging stations at the tower. apartment. Although he agreed with the above plan, at that time, Hamid Behdad believed that it was “an excessive request”. But now that the tower on Broadway is complete and attractive to buyers, Hamid Behdad admitted he is glad that planning board members forced the project to install charging stations at more than 20% of parking locations. building car. “Without these 90 chargers, we would have real difficulty selling apartments here,” Hamid Behdad said. In many US cities, owners of apartment projects are racing to install charging stations to avoid business troubles. With growing demand from home buyers and renters, projects with full charging stations…