

Guides
What it takes to turn an office tower into apartments
Office-to-residential conversion hinges on floor depth, plumbing, and light — most 1970s-and-later office floors are simply too deep to make legal bedrooms.
David JordanSpaces, buildings and the decisions that make them work.


How to read a floor plan before you fall for the apartment
Rosa Marchetti
Why some office buildings become apartments and most never will
Rosa Marchetti
How a 1970s tax credit is turning old offices into homes
David Jordan
How an office tower turns into a hotel, floor by floor
Peter Almeida