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Featured: The Adaptive Reuse of Commercial Space as Housing in California
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the declining use of commercial buildings as office space and brick-and-mortar retail, sparking policy conversations about how this space can be repurposed to address housing needs. On November 1, 2021, the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at University of California, Berkeley, convened a virtual discussion on the viability of converting commercial lands to residential housing as one method to increase affordable housing in the state. Panelists discussed how legislation for rezoning can support conversions and how these conversions may help revitalize corridors and create transit-or