They're the private property of landlords who don't live in the borough, squeezing their HMO human warehouse stock, tenant-managed by eyeless agencies, until they give up on life.
Matrix manages a total of 10 million square feet of warehouse space, with tenants ranging from industrial suppliers to distributors of household goods.
Earlier in the week, a fire inspector visited a different Oakland warehouse, telling a tenant the city was investigating a complaint and taking steps to prevent a "terrible tragedy".
Ox-Bow artists, including musicians giving informal performances on the grounds of the center, still come and go all summer, and the rest of the town, meanwhile, has expanded into other art forms, including a series of productions performed most nights at the Mason Street Warehouse downtown, a tenant within the Saugatuck Center for the Arts.
The $7 billion expansion plan includes demolishing all buildings, except three that are historically significant, eliminating the existing light industry and storage warehouses, and relocating tenants in 132 apartments.
That Monday, fire officials invaded the warehouse and demanded all tenants vacate the premises within an hour.
The interiors of the warehouses are finished by tenants, often with elaborate material handling systems that may not be useful for subsequent tenants.
HOPING to capitalize on the expansion of technology companies, a small group of developers in the Hackensack Meadowlands are constructing buildings or converting warehouses for new-economy tenants.
In Newark's Ironbound district, a developer broke ground last month on a $50 million warehouse without a committed tenant — a bold move and a sign of how much faith there is in the potential for growth in the state's industrial sector and specifically in its ports.
