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Adaptive Reuse: Examining the Viability of Conversions

November 27, 2023

Adaptive reuse architecture presents a creative and specialized challenge. Understanding basic concepts of conversions is critically important for development professionals, city officials and local communities. Each potential property needs to be evaluated on its own merits to determine the probability of success, and whether the location, costs, timing and existing building layout make sense for a conversion.

Trends and Considerations in Adaptive Reuse

October 20, 2023

Low occupancy across the office sector as well as high demand for housing has many real estate development professionals asking whether adaptive reuse of commercial buildings may be an option to add supply during the housing crisis.

Here Comes the Neighborhood: Bellevue’s Spring District

October 18, 2023

What was once 36 acres of warehouses (including a former cold storage warehouse where Amazon beta-tested their Amazon Fresh home grocery delivery service) and surface parking has been transformed into the newest urban neighborhood in Bellevue, Washington: the Spring District.

Congress Fires Its Speaker

October 4, 2023

On Tuesday, Kevin McCarthy became the first speaker in the history of the United States to be removed from his office when eight Republicans, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz, and all 208 Democrats present in the House voted to support the motion to vacate. The final vote was 216- 210.

A Full Fall Schedule Looms Over Congress’ Summer Break

August 2, 2023

August has arrived, which for Capitol Hill means that Congress is in recess until sometime in September. However, Congress left town last Friday with little agreement on a path forward for must-pass appropriations bills to keep the federal government operating past the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1.

A Data-driven Plan to Convert Empty Offices into Lively Residences

July 6, 2023

In a recent NAIOP webinar, Gensler Principal Steven Paynter, OAA, ARB, explored the firm’s data-driven process for analyzing underused office spaces and determining how to transform them into vibrant and livable residential buildings.

Seismic Shift in Office: What’s Next

June 14, 2023

The sluggish return to the office, financing and liquidity, and new ways of approaching the office sector were the predominant themes of an elite gathering of C-suite office owners, investors and developers. The conversation, spearheaded by NAIOP and hosted last week in New York City, explored the challenges and opportunities facing the sector.

Finding Potential in Forgotten Industrial Sites

How Split-level Industrial Could Work in Forgotten Industrial Sites

June 9, 2023

Every day, developers drive past prime industrial real estate sites that could be warehouse-perfect, were it not for the sloped grade that would cost too much to excavate to make the facility level. Enter a new solution: a split-level building that doubles the space by creating efficiencies in construction costs and land use.

How to Justify an Additional $25 per sq ft for Office Conversions

April 10, 2023

America faces a multipronged real estate crisis. We have a stubborn residential housing shortage, high office vacancy rates, and flight from many downtown hubs that is killing off businesses servicing those areas. Converting office towers into housing could solve multiple problems at once.

Return to the Hill: CL&LR 2023

January 18, 2023

In less than two weeks, NAIOP members and chapter local executives will be headed to Capitol Hill to meet with their elected representatives, senators and congressional staff. In so doing, they will be taking the opportunity to establish relationships with newly elected members of Congress; renew and deepen existing ties with incumbents; and talk to their elected officials about issues important to the commercial real estate industry.

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Adaptive Reuse: Examining the Viability of Conversions

Trends and Considerations in Adaptive Reuse

Here Comes the Neighborhood: Bellevue’s Spring District

Congress Fires Its Speaker

A Full Fall Schedule Looms Over Congress’ Summer Break

A Data-driven Plan to Convert Empty Offices into Lively Residences

Seismic Shift in Office: What’s Next

How Split-level Industrial Could Work in Forgotten Industrial Sites

How to Justify an Additional $25 per sq ft for Office Conversions

Return to the Hill: CL&LR 2023

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