How Adaptive Reuse Is Converting Downtown Dallas Boardrooms to Residential Bedrooms

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On this episode of Dallas Dirt, the conversation revolves office conversions in commercial real estate. It’s no secret that office buildings across the country are sitting half-vacant, but this trio of an architect, a commercial real estate broker, and a land use consultant says adaptive reuse is the answer. Join Dallas Dirt host Candy Evans as she sits down with Founding Principle of Vision Architecture Studio Kevin Wallace, President of Metcalfe Commercial Realty Tom Metcalfe, and Masterplan President Dallas Cothrum to discuss how the commercial office sector can learn from lessons from retail post-2008 and address the lack of affordable, workforce housing.

Downtown Dallas Office Buildings Can Become Housing

In this short clip from the Dallas Dirt podcast, architect Kevin Wallace explains how a standard office floorplan can be converted into residential suites, transforming a floor of walls into studios, two-, and three-bedroom apartments.

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Shelby is Associate Editor of CandysDirt.com, where she writes and produces the Dallas Dirt podcast. She loves covering estate sales and murder homes, not necessarily related. As a lifelong Dallas native, she's been an Eagle, Charger, Wildcat, and a Comet.

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