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All around the country, with hybrid work become more and more popular, many office remind empty. Many may suggest to office-to-residential conversions a solution for housing, but this doesn't mean they automatically can happen because of city's zoning laws. I am sharing this article because explains the studies, efforts e incentives to convert offices to housing. https://lnkd.in/gH_8frAn
Too many cubicles, too few homes spur incentives to convert offices to housing • Kansas Reflector
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President - Mathews Associates LLC | Government Consulting | Federal Real Estate & Procurement | Government Relations | Federal Business Development & Sales | Former Commissioner - U.S. Public Buildings Service (PBS)
The Public Buildings Reform Board successfully initiated $200 million of federal building sales before the pandemic and now the need for the PBRB has never been greater. Check out this article to learn more about the urgency of addressing the federal footprint and the scale of unused space that needs to be repurposed. DC Mayor Muriel Bowser was right when she called for the federal government to either bring people back to the office or sell federal buildings in the district. Sitting on empty assets just creates economic dead zones. #federalproperty #redevelopment #publicbuildingsreformboard
With Federal Office Buildings 'Mostly Empty,' Pressure Grows To Cut Space Faster
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Four years after Covid-19 filled hospital emergency rooms, closed schools and emptied out cities, U.S. offices remain about half vacant. Office occupancy in 10 of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas rose to a new high of 53% for the week ended Jan. 31, according to Kastle Systems, a firm that provides security to buildings. The firm’s barometer on how corporate return-to-office policies is going has been hovering around that level for 13 months. Yet, cities are shrugging off empty offices and its implications for the commercial real estate market because they can, for now. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ehUvuDn4
Office occupancy has hovered near 50% for 13 months. Here’s why cities can shrug it off for now—and why ‘tax shifting’ looks likely
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Cities are evolving. Take New York, where 46 buildings are enrolled its "Office Conversion Accelerator" program. At the same time, Mayor Adams' office is looking to eliminate a lot of the barriers that stand in conversions' way—and there are a lot of barriers: parking requirements get in the way, as do restrictions on what districts allow for conversions. Ultimately, though, cities know they need to adapt to survive: urban residents want to live in vibrant, mixed-use communities. Government policy and planning is starting to reflect that. #realestate
Exclusive: 46 NYC office buildings could convert to apartments under city's new plan
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Seattle, for instance, is a national leader for its efforts to convert underperforming office buildings into housing. The report notes that the city has solicited proposals, drafted incentive programs, and is considering regulatory modifications. https://lnkd.in/gWxsprvU #ccim #ccimwa #seattle #office #housing #commercialrealestate
On Reflection: Don’t Write Off Seattle’s Commercial Core Just Yet
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There’s a dream solution to America’s housing crisis and to its increasingly deserted downtowns: Convert the empty offices into homes. Across the country, cities like New York, Boston and Cleveland are embracing the idea of residential retrofitting and providing incentives to do so. The Biden administration is easing the way with federal programs and tax breaks. Local leaders are accelerating changes to zoning and construction restrictions. And more office space is sitting empty in the United States than at any point since 1979, Moody’s Analytics reported this week. But will turning offices into homes actually work? And would you want to live in one? Experts in housing, building, and urban planning say it may be difficult to convert office space to livable, likeable residential housing – but there’s an urgent reason they’re trying. https://cnn.it/48MyXzD
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While the effects of the pandemic on private sector office usage have become increasingly clear, the future of the federal footprint is still largely up in the air. The fate of these millions of square feet of offices is an unanswered question worth billions of taxpayer dollars, reported Bisnow. "Federal government agencies are using just 12% of the space in their headquarters buildings on average, a report last month from the Public Buildings Reform Board found, the latest in a growing body of evidence that the federal government is sitting on a mountain of unused office space." “It shows that those decisions are not getting made,” Dan Mathews, who oversaw the federal government’s real estate portfolio under the Trump administration and is now a member of the PBRB, said of the report. “The buildings are mostly empty.” "The report concludes that a change of course on federal office policy is “urgently needed” to reduce the waste of taxpayer money." https://lnkd.in/dKti7qJM #unitedstates #federal #government #office
With Federal Office Buildings 'Mostly Empty,' Pressure Grows To Cut Space Faster
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CRE research professional and head of a national commercial real estate research platform for Newmark in Canada providing thought leadership, operational excellence, team building and market insights
Four years after Covid-19 filled hospital emergency rooms, closed schools and emptied out cities, US offices remain about half vacant, reported Bloomberg. "Office occupancy in 10 of the largest US metropolitan areas rose to a new high of 53% for the week ended Jan. 31, according to Kastle Systems, a firm that provides security to buildings. The firm’s barometer on how corporate return-to-office policies is going has been hovering around that level for 13 months. Yet, cities are shrugging off empty offices and its implications for the commercial real estate market because they can, for now." “Commercial real estate is not a key driver of general fund revenues for the majority of local governments,” said Michael Rinaldi, head of US local governments at Fitch Ratings, in an email. “Declines can be managed through careful expenditure management and/or stability in other revenue sources, including residential property taxes, sales tax, utility taxes, etc.” https://lnkd.in/gh-e5kfE #unitedstates #office
Office Buildings Remain Half Empty But US Cities Can Shrug It Off
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Civic transformation requires the unique combination of public, private & philanthropic investment !
Chicago taxpayers are on track to chip in $151 million to help turn four Loop office buildings into more than 1,000 apartments.
$151 million in TIF money slated to back four Loop office conversions
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Chicago plans to provide $150 million to developers to convert four office buildings in the city's business district into more than 1,000 apartments. Mayor Brandon Johnson (who took office a year ago and was viewed as unfriendly to the real estate industry) is supporting the initiative to convert obsolete offices into apartments. The plan will require one-third of the newly created apartments to be affordable and may be expanded to include additional office properties. Other cities that are dealing with depressed downtowns should take note. Bold action backed by local governments will be needed to turn things around. "While these economic trends have afflicted central business districts in other major U.S. cities, by one measure Chicago’s is the hardest-hit. Three-quarters of the mortgages backing its office space that were converted into securities are either in default or are at risk of default, the highest of any major metropolitan area in the nation, according to credit research firm KBRA Analytics. Chicago’s office-vacancy rate has soared to 16.3% from 11.9% in early 2020, and it is notably higher than the U.S. average of 13.8%, according to data firm CoStar Group. Some downtown office buildings have sold for less than one-quarter of what they were valued at a few years ago."
Chicago to Offer Most Generous Subsidies in U.S. to Save Its Downtown
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