Juliana Kaplan/Insider
- Offices across the country are sitting vacant as housing remains scarce and expensive.
- Some developers and cities are trying to tackle both problems and turn old offices into apartments.
- I toured 160 Water Street, a major office-to-residential conversion in New York City.
The bedroom I was standing in was once a corner office.
Drenched in light — and fitted with tall windows — you'd never know you were sleeping in what was once a boss' headquarters. That's the whole point at 160 Water Street.