There are a few things you can do to an ageing building: abandon it, live with it, knock it down or redevelop it to adapt to the times.
In space-hungry cities, the first option is rarely the solution. On the contrary, the scramble for a central location means that developers are willing to buy old buildings and rebuild it higher.
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