It seems like the author just really hates working in an office, and interprets office perks as traps to make you spend more time there. I too prefer working from home, but I also see that as a likely anomalous perk and can't be too upset about having to go to work in the morning.

This article seems more factual:

https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/22/san-francisco-office-ameni...

> Tenants are already lined up. Law firm Goodwin Proctor relocated from Three Embarcadero Center in January to take floors 31 and 32; other new tenants recently signed on for 70,000 square feet in the 38-story building, Lumpkin said. One of the main tenants is Amazon, which occupies nearly 40% of the property and requires most workers to be in the office five days a week.

It seems like the sort of thing the big tech companies often do in their own buildings?

Commercial real estate's newest offering to entire workers back to downtown offices.

> We need you down here,” he said at The Cove’s grand opening last Tuesday, explaining that this $20 million investment was key to bringing workers back to the office and revitalizing the beleaguered downtown area.

> “I want you to feel like you want to be down here every day of the week,” he added. “I can’t wait until people start complaining to me about traffic.”

I was going to say that the whole thing is more than a whiff of WeWork, but the article's author beat me to it.

It's pretty amazing they were able to develop that at under the cost of a dozen toilets.

What this "press and hold" captcha that doesn't seem to work?

The Cove has been around for a while, or maybe was here a while back. I'm pretty sure I remember a Cove on K St. NW in Washington, DC, probably about the 1800 block.