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It's a waste of time and resources for hotels to have me stay for ten hours during a layover. They'll need to wash the sheets, vacuum the room, and clean out the bathroom for my six-hour nap. The airport is too uncomfortable but the hotel is overkill. Pods would be a nice in-between for <12-hour stays. I wouldn't even mind if the pods were in the hotel because then I get to passively benefit from the hotel's security precautions.
> I wouldn't even mind if the pods were in the hotel because then I get to passively benefit from the hotel's security precautions.
You wouldn't passively benefit.
You'd pay premium to stay in a pod in a hotel and get the benefits.
Value is in the eye of the beholder. If the hotel charged less for pods compared to standard rooms, I'm sure many people would pay "premium."
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The older Japanese variation of this is as a hotel.
According to Brownstone’s planning application for 12 Mint Plz https://sfplanninggis.org/pim/?tab=Planning+Applications&sea..., the proposed use is Residential (which is Principally Permitted) rather than Hotel (which requires Conditional Use Authorization from the Planning Commission), and also I do not see an Intermediate Length Occupancy application (which would be Principally Permitted), so they are only permitted to offer year-long leases at this time.