Featured Guests
You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions.
Tracy H Loh
Researcher, Brookings Institute, Washington D.C.
Steve Paynter
Architect, Gensler
Melissa Román Burch
CEO, New York City Economic Development Corporation
Joe Nickerson
VP, Sidewalk Real Estate Development, Halifax
Summary
In the evolving post-pandemic economy, topping every city’s ‘what’s next’ list is a strategy to revitalize downtown by converting half-empty or vacant office space into multi-use buildings that can include housing. CUI has been researching the challenges and possibilites across Canada, and recently released a comprehensive report and ‘toolkit’ to support those strategies.
In this episode. host Mary W. Rowe introduces the key findings of The Case for Conversions report, and discussed it with its participants and reviewers, including Steven Paynter (Gensler Architecture, Calgary, AB); Joe Nickerson (Sidewalk Real Estate, Halifax, NS); Melissa Román Burch (EDC, NYC); and Tracey Hadden Loh (Brookings Institute, Washington, D.C).
The report is available for free download here
