Aug 10, 2021
Adaptive Reuse: Reimagining the Commercial Real Estate Ecosystem
In the wake of the global pandemic, we have seen an undeniable acceleration of existing work-life, geographic, and demographic trends.
ERIS Originals
Podcasts
Sep 27, 2021
The commercial real estate market is booming! Certain trends and drivers of change continue to fuel robust transactional and redevelopment activity, including the adaptive reuse of CRE, which gives older structures and spaces new life and purpose.
Webinars
Oct 12, 2021
Webinar – A revised ASTM Standard for Phase I ESAs is HERE
Watch the webinar recording of A revised ASTM Standard for Phase I ESAs is HERE from November 1, 2021.
Jun 04, 2021
Webinar – Change Brings Opportunity: Adaptive Reuse Trends in the CRE Market
Watch the webinar recording of Change Brings Opportunity: Adaptive Reuse Trends in the CRE Market from June 29, 2021.
Industry News
May 30, 2023
Adaptive reuse could help address Wisconsin’s affordable housing shortage
Developers in Oshkosh convert historic elementary school into 31-unit low-income housing development
Apr 29, 2023
Struggling commercial building owners lost upwards of 20% of their office renters during the pandemic. The shift to remote or hybrid work has created empty office buildings across the U.S...
Feb 07, 2023
‘Transformational’ downtown Detroit development has its critics
It’s called The District Detroit. And it would reshape a massive area just north of downtown Detroit, connecting the city centre to the emerging midtown Detroit neighbourhood now occupied by Little Caesars Arena, home of the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Pistons.
Jan 11, 2023
NYC Task Force Issues Recommendations for Residential Conversion of Unused Office Space
This week, New York City’s Office Adaptive Reuse Task Force released a study calling on the city and New York State to loosen regulations preventing the conversion of older office stock into much-needed housing.
Nov 26, 2022
How to Drop a New Building on Top of an Old One
The two elements of this Boston condo tower were built more than a century apart. Does this old-new architectural combination hold up?
Jun 28, 2022
Adaptive Reuse: U-Haul Shares Vision for Converting Vacant Kmart in Morton
U-Haul plans to create more than 750 indoor climate-controlled self-storage rooms at 1075 W. Jackson St., site of a former Kmart store, to meet customer demand for its services in Morton.
Jun 22, 2022
Disappearing downtowns: How cities can reuse office buildings that COVID-19 emptied out
When the economic recession of the 1980s hit Los Angeles, bankrupt companies departed the city’s downtown and left office buildings vacant.
Feb 02, 2022
Gov. Whitmer Announces New Housing Development, Economic Investments for Three Detroit Neighborhoods
Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the MEDC today to announce that the state will be supporting revitalization projects to bring new housing, economic growth and vibrancy to three neighborhoods...
Jan 19, 2022
8 Stories of Architects Embracing Refurbishment and Adaptive Reuse
Over the past year, established practices have continued to champion the transformation of existing structures, with adaptive reuse and renovations increasingly becoming a defining aspect of contemporary architecture.
Dec 14, 2021
D.C. Is Taking A Closer Look At Converting Downtown Office Space Into Housing
The D.C. government is ramping up efforts to encourage the conversion of downtown office space into housing, officials announced today.
Nov 17, 2021
This old coal power plant will be transformed into a 15-minute neighborhood
For more than four decades, a massive coal power plant sat on the shore of Lake Ontario in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, with hulking towers that were visible from miles away.
Oct 27, 2021
Chicago Is Already A Champ In Adaptive Reuse, And More Projects Are On The Way
Chicago’s apartment market took a hit during the coronavirus pandemic, with the amount of new development falling below most other major U.S. cities, but the good times may have returned.
Sep 28, 2021
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is ready for its closeup
Artifacts from icons like Spike Lee and Pedro Almodóvar, the iconic Dorothy ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz," Okoye's costume from "Black Panther, you'll find them within the seven story, 300,000 square-foot Academy Museum of Motion Pictures which is finally ready for its closeup.
Jun 08, 2021
Navigating the New Normal: Adaptive Reuse of Space
As demand for the types of spaces we use shifts and evolves, adaptive reuse enables us to enlist already-developed land to satisfy new demands and uses. In earlier times, these shifts reflected changes in the economy, from agrarian to industrial to service.
Mar 01, 2021
COVID-19 Driven Adaptive Reuse Projects Have Been Slow to Materialize
Despite a lot of chatter about converting properties due to the pandemic, investors have run into obstacles.