New York hopes converted offices can ease a housing crisis. A structural emergency at a high-rise tower shows the challenges
- Posted on July 8, 2026
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New York hopes converted offices can ease a housing crisis. A structural emergency at a high-rise tower shows the challenges
New York City has bet heavily on converting aging office buildings into apartments to help ease a housing shortage. But the threat of a partial collapse Tuesday by one such conversion in progress highlighted the significant challenges of those construction projects.
