Converting office buildings into apartments is mostly about money. If what an owner can get from residential plus the conversion is greater than foreseeable commercial leases then it will be converted. Most of the former commercial buildings in the wall street area have already been converted and that was even before the pandemic. If the work from home trend continues then they'll have no choice if they want to make money.
One Wall Street's Residential Conversion and Retail Addition Nears Completion in Financial District - New York YIMBY
Another Financial District Building Converts to Residential (Published 2011)
Breh, they cannot just flip a money switch and turn every type of building with offices into condos and a lot of these older structures cannot be ‘flipped’ altogether without being torn down and rebuilt.


but it’s just talkin shyt and we still all in this together…y’all are gonna have to take a stand