bigpicture7
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We have a "New Retail Thread" and a "New Office/Lab Thread." Now I think it's time to launch a "New Residential Conversion Thread."
The reason: we've initially been discussing these in threads specific to geographic-specific parts of the city/surroundings, or the topic-specific threads about the pandemic / future of downtown. As things settle out, however, it seems likely that these Residential Conversion projects are going to pop up here and there, including in neighborhoods outside the downtown core. Further, some will be rather small in square footage, so probably don't deserve their own project-specific threads. So, alas, here is The New Residential Conversion Thread.
Kicking it off with this recent article, which tallies the number of Boston office-to-residential conversions in-pipeline to 13 (citing City of Boston, as of June 25, 2024).
This one discusses a proposed conversion at 95 Berkeley St. on the South End borderlands:
www.marketplace.org
The reason: we've initially been discussing these in threads specific to geographic-specific parts of the city/surroundings, or the topic-specific threads about the pandemic / future of downtown. As things settle out, however, it seems likely that these Residential Conversion projects are going to pop up here and there, including in neighborhoods outside the downtown core. Further, some will be rather small in square footage, so probably don't deserve their own project-specific threads. So, alas, here is The New Residential Conversion Thread.
Kicking it off with this recent article, which tallies the number of Boston office-to-residential conversions in-pipeline to 13 (citing City of Boston, as of June 25, 2024).
This one discusses a proposed conversion at 95 Berkeley St. on the South End borderlands:
![www.marketplace.org](https://www.marketplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Picture1-e1721756115239.jpg?fit=468%2C264&w=1200)
Office to residential conversions gain traction in Boston - Marketplace
With office vacancies rife, creating apartments may help the city's housing shortage and declining values. Subsidies are part of the equation.