A conversion underway at 25 Water Street, which is America's largest ever office residential conversion. The building will transform an office skyscraper into 1300 apartments ranging from studios to four bedroom homes. CBRE estimates that almost 20 million square feet of office conversions are expected to hit America's property market this year.
Since Brexit’s earliest days, the trade status of Northern Ireland and its border with the Republic of Ireland have been a perilous sticking point. We examine a deal that might—and should—resolve matters at last. Our correspondent looks at all the plush office space being converted into family homes. And an obituary for the ruined city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.
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