Building Conversions
1981 Manhattan Office Tower To Convert to Residential
A little over year after a 1981 office tower in Midtown East Manhattan, NYC, underwent an extensive makeover, it is now poised to be among the first such towers to...
Schindler MetaCore: Possible Solution to Office Vacancies
The U.S. office vacancy rate hit a record high of 20.1% in the second quarter of 2024, according to ratings service Moody’s. To combat this, big cities have created incentives...
Ontario Office-to-Residential Conversion Act Voted Down
The Ford Government of Ontario, Canada, voted down the Commercial-to-Residential Conversion Act 2024, which would have cut red tape and sped up such conversions by up to two years as...
Plan to Expand and Diversify Seoul Bank Part of Larger Trend
Woori Bank's plan to transform its circa 1950 Euljiro branch in Seoul, South Korea, which closed in July, from a five-story mid-rise into a 19-story high-rise with seven underground levels...
Manhattan Building With A History Being Converted to Housing
A nine-story Art Deco building in Manhattan, NYC, designed by the same firm behind the Empire State Building is getting new life as housing after originally serving as a YMCA...
Hotel Tower Converted to Student Housing in San Jose
San Jose State University (SJSU) in California converted a 13-story tower that formerly housed the Signia by Hilton Hotel into student housing, ABC 7 reports. SJSU formally opened Spartan Village...
Eyes on Residential
Repurposing and reinvesting in commercial real estate in a post-pandemic world by Christopher M. Dodds The world changed in 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic. Work-at-home offices, video meetings and flexible...
Building on the Past To Create the Future
Adaptive reuse holds challenges for building transportation; overcoming them requires cooperation and innovation. by Philip W. Grone Adaptive reuse is central to sustainability and to managing the carbon footprint of...
Mandarin Oriental Residences Fifth Avenue
G-Tech provides elevators for a historic Midtown Manhattan office-turned-luxury condo building. Holly Golightly, the free-spirited waif with expensive tastes nearly always wearing a perfectly tailored little black dress and multiple...
One Madison Avenue
Historic Manhattan office tower gets new lease on life, and a Schindler VT system is a big part of it. One Madison Avenue with its iconic clock tower in 2018,...
