Building a Residential Tower in a Mid-Century Building

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Heinz is redeveloping an old office building in Salt Lake City into a residential tower. Harris: The floor plate size and the distance from the elevator to windows is absolutely key. If you can't get a well proportioned right sized unit in the building, there's really no point in looking any deeper," he says.

Industry experts agree: Converting unused office towers to residential buildings is great in theory, but a moonshot to pull off. Despite the grab bag of obstacles that make these projects so difficult, the developer and office landlord Hines is getting in on the action. The Real Deal breaks down how Hines' Salt Lake City project pencils out and what it signals about the right building for the job.

Guests: Steven Paynter, studio director at Gensler's Toronto office; Dusty Harris, senior managing director of Hines' Utah and Oregon investment activity.