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    A sign reads 'Welcome We Are Open' in a glass storefront window.
    Andrew Froehlich
    April 17, 2025
    With office vacancies projected to hit 20% in 2025 and retail construction slowing due to high costs, building owners are finding new revenue opportunities by transforming idle...
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    Starting a construction or renovation project? Make sure you have the right dumpster for the task.
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    Is your office ready for a refresh?
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    An adaptive reuse of a historic industrial wharf building at Finger Wharf, Woolloomooloo in Sydney, Australia. The heritage timber structure, featuring a green frame, white shutters, and louvers, has been transformed into the Ovolo Hotel, restaurants, and residential apartments, blending history with modern waterfront living.
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    Exterior of the historic and newly renovated Stone Mill Lofts in Lawrence, Mass.
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    Exterior of the renovated Ramova Theatre in Chicago at night.
    Robert Nieminen
    Dec. 6, 2024
    After decades of vacancy, Chicago’s iconic Ramova Theatre returns as a vibrant multi-use venue, preserving architectural heritage while modernizing a community asset.
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    Now that the office-to-multifamily conversion is complete, the Travis Building’s apartments are fully leased.
    Janelle Penny
    Nov. 20, 2024
    The city’s Travis Building, situated on the historic Riverwalk, underwent an office-to-residential conversion this year and now boasts 63 luxury apartments.
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    Eagle Academy in Washington, DC, features a translucent skin that allows controlled daylight to penetrate into the building’s interior during the day. At night, it provides a distinctive soft glow.
    Neall Digert
    Nov. 1, 2024
    Access to daylight is a crucial consideration for healthy, sustainable buildings—and it can be achieved even in retrofit and adaptive reuse applications. Here’s how.
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    Jennie Morton
    July 26, 2024
    The 150-year-old Lemann Building provides a new way to cultivate community with the adaptive reuse of a historic store into a preschool and lofts. Learn more.
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    Cheyne W. Harris
    July 17, 2024
    Older industrial areas and historic buildings can be transformed for new uses—but they can present big challenges. Here are three of the biggest potential pitfalls.