The-14Apr 16, 2025
From boardrooms to beds: Can empty offices ease hospital overcrowding?
#Canada #Healthcare #HospitalCrisis #OfficeConversion #HospitalBeds #PublicHealth #Innovation #Infrastructure #MedicalStaffShortage #Health #Economy #EmptyOffices #HealthCareCrisis
https://the-14.com/from-boardrooms-to-beds-can-empty-offices-ease-hospital-overcrowding/
Alan Rycroft 🇨🇦Dec 27, 2023

Thousands will soon be moving into Calgary's converted office towers. What are they going to do there?

‘Improving the downtown will require radical strategies,’ says urban designer

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-downtown-office-conversion-revitalization-1.7061792

#housing #UrbanDesign #OfficeConversion #Calgary #QualityOfLife

ANALYSIS | Thousands will soon be moving into Calgary's converted office towers. What are they going to do there? | CBC News

Downtown resident Paul Fairie says the core needs more of “the boring things,” like grocery stores, inexpensive restaurants and coffee shops that stay open after 6 p.m.

CBC
Katherine GarrahanJul 9, 2023

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/09/business/time-money-tax-breaks-what-boston-can-learn-about-creating-downtown-that-never-sleeps/

#zoning #incentives #housing #NewYork #Boston #OfficeConversion

Time, money, tax breaks. What Boston can learn about creating a downtown that never sleeps.

The commercial real estate industry is looking at how the world’s most famous Financial District became a 24-7 neighborhood and whether the strategy of converting office buildings to housing can be replicated in other cities.

The Boston Globe