Preaching to the converted
Eade, C.
Preaching to the converted - 2000 - Property Week 65(16) 20 April 2000, 26-29(2) .
Converting office and warehouse property to residential use is adding just 3% to the housing stock. A DETR-commissioned report "Conversion and redevelopment: processes and pitfalls" examines the potential concluding that if large houses were subdivided and commercial buildings were converted to homes 26,500 homes could be created. However there are impediments in the form of a reviving office market, the best buildings have already been converted, the need to include social housing elements in any conversion and a lack of tax breaks.
REDUNDANT BUILDINGS
RESIDENTIAL USE
FUTURE
RESEARCH
Preaching to the converted - 2000 - Property Week 65(16) 20 April 2000, 26-29(2) .
Converting office and warehouse property to residential use is adding just 3% to the housing stock. A DETR-commissioned report "Conversion and redevelopment: processes and pitfalls" examines the potential concluding that if large houses were subdivided and commercial buildings were converted to homes 26,500 homes could be created. However there are impediments in the form of a reviving office market, the best buildings have already been converted, the need to include social housing elements in any conversion and a lack of tax breaks.
REDUNDANT BUILDINGS
RESIDENTIAL USE
FUTURE
RESEARCH