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Office to residential conversions are pretty tough. I don't think we'll see a ton of them.

• hedora 4y ago
  I don't think there is a fundamental reason for that. Office buildings are designed to be reconfigured. I guess you'd need to rip out + replace the plumbing + HVAC (or only put in a few ultra-luxury units per floor).
  • idontpost 4y ago
  • WalterBright 4y ago
    Office buildings tend to have all their plumbing centrally located. Converting to residential means spreading it all around. It's not like just moving partitions around.
    • anigbrowl 4y ago
      Sprinkler systems tend to be evenly distributed around floors so the conduits etc. to run additional piping are already in place. Not every building has such systems but most constructed after 1980 do.
      • WalterBright 4y ago
        The sewer pipes and vents have to be run everywhere, and they have specific requirements. Sewer pipes, for example, half to have a slope. The vent pipes have to go up. There may be floor loading problems. There's going to need to be a lot more electrical wiring. It's not impossible, it's just expensive.