The exterior of 55 Broad Street in Manhattan, which is being converted from offices to residences.
The exterior of 55 Broad Street in Manhattan, which is being converted from offices to residences.
  • Cities nationwide hope to address multiple crises by converting vacant offices into apartments. 
  • Architects say conversions are increasingly in demand and will involve putting in lots of amenities.
  • The mayor of New York City aims to turn old office buildings into 20,000 new apartments.

Cities have accepted that you're probably not going into an office to work, so now they're hoping you'll live in one.

But what kind of life will that be?