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A recently opened multifamily property in Lawrence, Mass., is an adaptive reuse of an 1840s-era mill building. Stone Mill Lofts is one of the first all-electric mixed-income multifamily properties in Massachusetts. The all-electric building meets ambitious modern energy codes and stringent National Park Service historic preservation guidelines.
The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection announced a series of new building code guidelines clarifying adaptive reuse code provisions and exceptions for converting office-to-residential buildings. Developed in response to the Commercial to Residential Adaptive Reuse program established in July 2023, the guidelines aim to increase the viability of converting underutilized office buildings into housing by reducing regulatory barriers in specific zoning districts downtown.Â
IAPMO has published a new white paper titled “Adaptive Reuse: Converting Offices to Multi-Residential Family,” a comprehensive analysis of addressing housing shortages through the conversion of office spaces into residential units.
More than 1.2 billion sf of U.S. office space—14.8% of the nation’s total—have strong potential for conversion to residential use, according to real estate software and services firm Yardi. Yardi’s new Conversion Feasibility Index scores office buildings on their suitability for multifamily conversion.
This adaptive reuse establishes more direct visual and physical connections to a growing city.Â
The campus is expected to include an Aloft hotel.Â
Fieldlens helps turn jobsites into social networks.Â
The building is located in West Chelsea between the High Line and West Street.
The project received $3.8 million in public financing in exchange for constructing units for residents earning less than 60 percent of the area’s median income.
The original building dates back to the Modernist 1930s.
The construction of this 94-room hotel and conference center pitted tourism proponents against locals who want to preserve this historic city’s fishing heritage.Â
As service providers position themselves closer to their communities, they are looking for ways to redirect non-core buildings and land for other purposes.
The century-old, Beaux Arts architecture-inspired hospital will transform into a mixed-use development.Â
