Not likely. The plumbing retrofit alone is a technical nightmare and cost prohibitive. Better to raze and start anew.
“The plumbing retrofit alone is a technical nightmare and cost prohibitive.”
I never encountered an office building that did not have restrooms on each floor.
Now if you want to put twenty housing units on a floor instead of one or two large luxury apartments, then expect nightmares.
“The plumbing retrofit alone is a technical nightmare and cost prohibitive.”
In mega-metros, luxury residential space can run $400 to $1000 per square foot.
Not to mention, how many were soured on the notion of downtown highrise living by the Covid lockdowns?