The
developers wanted to turn a hotel that was
doing well until the
pestilence, which didn't help any hotel, into an apartment complex. There was nothing new or original about their idea, just a lack of people to oppose them at a time when people were thought to be at their most vulnerable, especially people in the hotel business. It was an oppurtunistic time for some folks, including the developers, people making money off medical supplies, vaccines, masks, and so on.
