HERNDON, Va. — Juan Ramirez, watching his dog play in Chandon Park here in suburban Virginia on a Saturday morning, tries to imagine the massive office buildings next to the park becoming apartments and townhouses. “I guess it’s inevitable. People don’t use offices as much now. I hope it’s affordable. Maybe it’ll bring more young people […] The post Too many cubicles, too few homes spur incentives to convert offices to housing appeared first on North Dakota Monitor.
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Officials in many American cities say they want companies to turn empty office buildings into housing. These housing plans, known as office-to-housing conversions, can help downtown business areas that became empty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.