The Los Angeles City Council voted in favor of expanding the citywide adaptive reuse ordinance in an effort to stimulate housing growth by making it easier for developers to convert vacant offices ...

The Los Angeles City Council this week voted to expand the adaptive reuse ordinance to apply citywide in a move aimed at making it easier to convert vacant offices into much-needed housing. The new ...

Los Angeles City Council moved to dramatically expand the city’s adaptive reuse policy citywide, clearing the way for empty office and commercial buildings across the city to be converted into housing ...

Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation imagined a "vertical neighborhood," a building able to integrate housing, commerce, leisure, and collective spaces within a single structural organism. Around the ...

Water reuse is a vital solution to growing water insecurity—offering a reliable, climate-resilient supply for cities and industries facing increasing stress on traditional water sources. While the ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Adaptive reuse has surged ...

A central difficulty lies in reconciling existing buildings with contemporary codes and regulations. Many structures were designed for specific, now-outdated programs; they can be challenging to ...

Adaptive reuse turns vacant offices and industrial buildings into housing. Incentives like historic and brownfield tax credits make projects viable. 43 North Real Estate’s “Marblery” and Labelon ...

Lofts at 40 Long, which is being converted from a century-old YMCA building into affordable housing. Image courtesy of Woda Cooper Cos. Inc A historic 1920s-era YMCA building in downtown Columbus, ...

Thousands of retail stores have been shuttered in the past few years, and more are on the way. These vacant sites and others—from restaurants to municipal fire houses—can often be converted into ...

In the bustling heart of Los Angeles, Downtown Works (DTWX), the non-profit arm of the Central City Association (CCA), is spearheading a transformative initiative to breathe new life into the city’s ...

The commercial real estate industry is currently navigating a period of uncertainty driven by macroeconomic shifts, rising costs and a dramatic re-evaluation of office space needs. In analyzing ...