So You Want to Turn an Office Building into a Home? | Y Recombinator

		So You Want to Turn an Office Building into a Home? (nytimes.com)
		recommended by 2 users \| 2023 \| 4 points by samsolomon \| cities & transport \| original thread \|

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warning26 Apr 17, 2023 | on: Ask HN: How does SF have both record office vacancy and a… | context

There's a great NYT deep dive on why it's non-trivial to convert office space to housing:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/11/upshot/office...

HN Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35120366

ghaff Mar 23, 2023 | on: Remote work is starting to hit office rents | context

Fairly long discussion (and good Nytimes article) a couple weeks ago.

tl;dr It can be done. You're better off with older styles of office buildings. It's expensive so you end up with luxury apartments.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35120366