Myths about converting offices into housing—and what can really revitalize downtowns

Myths about converting offices into housing—and what can really revitalize downtowns

RESEARCH  REPORT (brookings.edu) Tracy Hadden Loh, Egon Terplan, and DW Rowlands Thursday, April 27, 2023 After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center, many people wondered if Manhattan’s Financial District—a place that helped coin the American English word “downtown”—could ever recover. Cities throughout the country also questioned whether dense, high-rise… Continue reading

S.F. supervisor wants to cut fees for office-to-housing conversions

J.K. Dineen April 4, 2023 (SFChronicle.com) Comments In the latest in a series of policies aimed at encouraging San Francisco commercial property owners to convert vacant office buildings to housing, Supervisor Matt Dorsey on Tuesday will introduce a bill that would exempt such conversions from a slew of fees. The legislation would… Continue reading