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Empty office spaces can be converted to residential buildings – but it won't be affordable

  • Written by Jenny Baker, Teaching Professor in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University
Empty office spaces can be converted to residential buildings – but it won't be affordableMany office buildings have been left empty since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.Gary Yeowell/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, more companies have offered remote work options for their employees, or have even switched to working entirely remotely – leaving empty office buildings a new fixture in many...

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