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Mayor Pushes Forward Despite Conversion Setback | Real Estate News
Despite a major setback at the former Pfizer building, Mayor Mamdani is doubling down on office-to-residential conversions as a critical tool to tackle the housing crisis. He insists the structural issues were a failure of execution—not the conversion model itself—and vows a full investigation. The Department of Buildings will now rigorously audit all similar projects before permitting non-emergency work, following past violations at MetroLoft. Meanwhile, the SPEED task force is streamlining approvals to accelerate delivery, making conversions faster and cheaper than new construction. The…
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