Office-to-Apartment Conversions Accelerate as Adaptive Reuse Reshapes the Rental Pipeline
- April 14, 2026
A record 90,000 apartments are now in the U.S. pipeline of office-to-apartment conversions, according to RentCafe's latest analysis of Yardi data – a sign that each year shifts adaptive reuse even more from niche strategy to mainstream development tool. The surge comes as office vacancy persists under hybrid work and housing demand remains strong in supply-constrained cities.