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The Pew Charitable Trusts and the architectural firm Gensler have a proposition for Denver renters struggling to find a place to live that won’t bust their budgets. Would they take a studio apartment in a renovated skyscraper for $850 a month, under half the going market rent, with the catch being that they would have to share bathroom and kitchen space and likely skip a parking spot? Pew and Gensler are proposing a co-living, aka dormitory approach, as the answer to two problems — creating more affordable housing units and saving Denver’s aging skyscrapers, many of which face economic obsolescence. “Half of renters are spending more than 30% of their income on rent.

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  • Denver’s affordable housing shortfall could find an answer in its empty office towers
    Pew and Gensler are proposing a co-living, aka dormitory approach, as the answer to two problems — creating more affordable housing units and saving Denver’s aging skyscrapers, many of which face ...
    10/28/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
  • Boulder housing board pushes to convert empty offices into homes: ‘They’re just burning cash’
    With rising vacancies, Boulder’s housing board is exploring zoning changes and incentives to convert unused offices into homes.
    10/24/2024 - 6:06 pm | View Link
  • 'Flexible co-living' could help bring down office-conversion costs and add housing supply, new study says
    A new study finds that dorm-style housing could be a cost-effective route for office conversions, and would allow for cheaper rent in some cities.
    10/22/2024 - 7:03 am | View Link
  • Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis?
    A new proposal to address the housing crisis would convert empty office space in many American cities to deeply affordable apartments for rent.
    10/22/2024 - 4:32 am | View Link
  • Denver wants to borrow money to convert an office building to residential units
    The latest attempt to convert an office space into housing is banking on city financing. The big picture: Denver wants to issue $29 million in bonds to pay for the conversion at 4340 S. Monaco St.
    10/18/2024 - 9:42 am | View Link
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