Office to Housing Conversions Can Solve the Local Housing Crisis

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Converting old office buildings into apartments isn't just logistically tricky. It's architecturally challenging, as well. Big cities like Baltimore, Boston and even New York all hope that converting office buildings will make some sort of dent in the country's housing shortage. We'll find out next week if you can't just build your way out of this housing crisis. The economy needs to be a little less weird before things get any better.

The US, Taiwan and Japan will share real-time data from naval reconnaissance drones, India’s deadliest train accident happened despite years of investment, and an architect-developer duo in Baltimore, Maryland, are converting an historic office building into residential housing. But how much can it ease the housing shortage?

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