American Cities Have a Conversion Problem, and It’s Not Just Offices
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Piles of regulations, or “kludge,” and a culture of “no” are limiting the ability to turn building blocks into something new.

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  • berrytopylus [she/her,they/them]
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    1 year ago

    They've actually already turned similar buildings into apartments already. https://archive.is/2023.06.27-200134/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/11/upshot/office-conversions.html while all of those are certainly challenges, they've also already been tackled in similar buildings. The difference between them here is the zoning laws.