Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GroundFloor. Prior to forming GroundFloor in 2009, Mr. Bolin practiced law at Jackson Walker L.L.P. as a Land Use Associate. While there, Mr. Bolin worked with ...

In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the sustainability benefits associated with repurposing existing structures rather than constructing new ones. The oft-heard mantra, “The most ...

While new construction allows for incredible levels of customization, there’s no denying that new buildings can have adverse impacts on the climate, budgets, schedules and even the cultural and ...

Adaptive reuse turns vacant offices and industrial buildings into housing. Incentives like historic and brownfield tax credits make projects viable. 43 North Real Estate’s “Marblery” and Labelon ...

In the continuous battle against housing shortages and the surplus of vacant buildings, developers are turning their attention to the viability of adaptive reuse for their properties. This strategy ...

Design interventions into pre-existing sites play a critical role in global healthcare. The 2023 Epidemic Urbanism Initiative Design Competition will focus on adaptive reuse, inviting submissions that ...

We have written about adaptive re-use in our previous columns of "The Magic of Adaptive Reuse" and "Shape Up". We postulate that with proper incentives, the existing one, two and three story buildings ...

“The greenest building…is the one that is already built,” said Carl Elefante, architect, preservationist, and fellow at the American Institute of Architects. The practice of adaptive reuse gives new ...

Cambridge Suites is one of Canada’s newest adaptive reuse buildings. The original Cambridge Suites Hotel was planned by WZMH Architects in 1990. Now, the WZMH team has redesigned the mixed-use ...