Office-to-Housing Conversions Grew 28% Last Year

Office-to-housing conversions grew 28% last year

New York City led other cities in converted residential units by a wide margin, followed by Washington, D.C., and Chicago, according to RentCafe.

US Office-to-Apartment Conversions Hit New Record: Report

This year is another record year for the conversion of office buildings into residential apartments in the United States, according to a recent RentCafe report. At the beginning of 2026, 90,300 apartments were in the process of conversion across America—a 28 percent increase from 70,600 last year, according to the March 24 report. At 47 percent, office conversions now comprise almost half of all adaptive reuse projects nationwide, with the New Y…