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The impact of office-to-residential conversion on downtown areas

BD+C

The impact of office-to-residential conversion on downtown areas 0 qpurcell Mon, 10/16/2023 - 08:29 Office Buildings Gensler's Duanne Render looks at the incentives that could bring more office-to-residential conversions to life. The opportunity for cities is massive. Clair West , Toronto, Ontario.

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Sports ‘districts’ are popping up all over America

BD+C

Offices would account for half of the total square footage, which would include spaces for hospitality, residential, retail, entertainment, and food and beverage.

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Sunbelt Cities Topping the Charts in Real Estate Growth Over the Past Half Century

Construction Marketing

A recent StorageCafe study did a comprehensive review of real estate activity from 1980 to 2023 , spanning residential, commercial, industrial, and self storage sectors. Single family home construction, the backbone of suburban America, peaked in the 2000s, when an average of 1.19 For the last 50 years, U.S.

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Debunking 6 Myths About the Market Feasibility of Office-to-Residential Conversion

Pro Builder

What's to be done with that underutilized office space? In presenting the findings from market feasibility work focused on the reuse of office buildings for residential, RCLCO debunks six myths, from: You can’t partially convert an office building. particularly in the nation's downtowns.

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Comfort Systems Road Map: A Plug-and-Play Residential Duct System

Pro Builder

Comfort Systems Road Map: A Plug-and-Play Residential Duct System. How strategic Building America research helped create an innovative, market-ready HVAC solution for heating and cooling ducts inside conditioned spaces. Today, PEX is the predominant plumbing system in new residential construction. . Mon, 09/27/2021 - 15:05.

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ICC 700 Authorized by National Defense Authorization Act for 2015

Green Building Law Update

The ICC 700 can be used by any builder for their individual project as a rating system (including third party approval), or be the basis for a government residential green building code. The Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy and other instrumentalities of the Department of Defense are the largest owner of residential buildings in North America.

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Passive House is “In” in 2017

Green Building Law Update

The number and size of Passive House projects in North America has rapidly grown in the last year. Several mid-rise residential projects currently under construction will more than quadruple the number of available units and triple the square footage of Passive buildings.

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