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What does it take to convert a high-rise office building into residential housing?

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A bunch of downtown Denver skyscrapers on a sunny, blue-sky day.
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Downtown Denver on a sunny day. May 8, 2024.

Office towers could become apartments. Support for the idea is building as pandemic vacancies coincide with the housing crunch. A Denver developer recently bought two downtown buildings with this in mind. What do conversions take? Josie Hyde is with architecture firm Gensler and has researched this. She spoke with Ryan Warner.