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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Sara Braun

$700 for a bed? San Francisco startup plots ‘sleeping pod’ expansion

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A view of downtown San Francisco from Sausalito, across the Golden Gate Bridge. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Can’t afford to rent an apartment in San Francisco? No problem. Now you can rent a bed.

Brownstone Shared Housing, a Bay-Area based “sleeping pod” startup, recently bought a six-level building in downtown San Francisco with the intention of housing up to 400 pods. The deal, first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, represents a huge expansion for the company, which is currently operating about two dozen sleeping pods at a much smaller location in the city.

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