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AEC inspections are the key to financially viable office to residential adaptive reuse projects

About a year ago our industry was abuzz with an idea that seemed like a one-shot miracle cure for both the shockingly high rate of office vacancies and the worsening housing shortage. The seemingly simple idea of converting empty office buildings to multifamily residential seemed like an easy and elegant solution. However, in the intervening months we’ve seen only a handful of these conversions, despite near universal enthusiasm for the concept. 



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8 ways to cool a factory

Whichever way you look at it—from a workplace wellness point of view or from a competing for talent angle—there are good reasons to explore options for climate control in the factory workplace.

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sponsored | Bryan Arlington | Dec 1, 2016

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Gensler | Dec 1, 2016

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sponsored | Bryan Arlington | Nov 21, 2016

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Gensler | Nov 14, 2016

Media’s adaptive shift: Converged environments

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sponsored | Karyn Beebe | Nov 11, 2016

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sponsored | Bill O'Keeffe | Nov 10, 2016

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Rider Levett Bucknall | Nov 10, 2016

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Perkins and Will | Nov 9, 2016

Social connection in academic and student housing environments

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Gensler | Nov 7, 2016

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