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adaptive reuse projects
Coverage of adaptive reuse projects in the Nexus archive.
- New York construction scare highlights the challenges of converting offices into housing
A construction scare at a New York office-to-housing conversion project highlighted engineering challenges in adaptive reuse. Two steel columns buckled in the newer structure of the former Pfizer headquarters, halting work on a project converting two buildings into 1,600 apartments. Experts emphasized the complexity of such projects but expressed confidence in engineers' ability to address setbacks.