What It Really Takes to Convert an Office Building to Apartments | Odd Lots
What it is
An Odd Lots podcast episode on why converting empty office buildings into apartments is hard. A managing director at Vanbarton Group walks through the zoning, financing and construction obstacles, mostly in New York.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN links it whenever office-to-residential conversion comes up, as a good deep dive into why the idea is not simple.
- 3 people recommended it
- 3 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2023, last 2026
What HN commenters said
“Here are two of my favorite odd lots episodes.”
Episode on what it takes to convert offices to residential.
mooreds, 2023-12 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?”
“Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast had an episode with someone who does conversions”
Interview with a developer about difficulties of office-to-residential conversion.
throw0101b, 2023-12 · Recommendation · in “The high price of empty office space”
“There's a good "odd lots" podcast about this[1].”
Explains why office layouts clash with apartment requirements.
cduzz, 2024-05 · Recommendation · in “Can turning office towers into apartments save downtowns?”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: real estate, zoning, housing, office vacancy, construction
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