Empty Buildings

Downtown Dallas' Comeback Story

Downtown Dallas provides another example of the redemptive power of adaptive reuse. With the number of empty buildings declining every year and more ambitious projects on the way, is it safe to say Downtown Dallas is all the way back?

April 28, 2014 - Dallas Morning News

Want an Empty Philadelphia Building?

The Philadelphia Housing Authority owns over 3,000 homes and would like to get rid of 1/3rd of them.

June 8, 2011 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

'Zombie Buildings' Plague Spain's Economy

The burst of the housing bubble is still causing major economic turmoil in Spain, where 1.5 million "zombie" housing units sit empty.

September 22, 2010 - The Wall Street Journal

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