My comment was that, yes, though I&#x27;d really want to see counter-examples that aren&#x27;t New York City&#x27;s suburbs I guess. It&#x27;s kinda a world unto itself.<p>The idea here seems to be reducing starting capital needed for brick-and-mortar start-ups. How do we compensate the artists? I think they&#x27;re already being compensated with nearly free workshops&#x2F;office space, which sounds like the tipping point between starting the business in the first place for a lot of these folks.<p>The article talks about how it was a non-starter to purchase the buildings from the property owners because of a host of reasons I&#x27;ll not reprint...<p>It&#x27;s about craftspeople and small businesses, and helping little people in these communities to experiment with new business ideas, not about making landlords rich. Both both sides have to see a benefit for it to work, and just trying to legislate turnover of old buildings to non-profits to build co-ops isn&#x27;t going to get much love from the property owners (who probably have more political power)