Increasing affordable housing via adaptive reuse

Creativity has proven to be critical to increasing affordable housing. Adaptive reuse is a prime example. Jack Bernhard, Executive Director, Community Development Real Estate for JPMorgan Chase, spoke with Commercial Observer about the adaptive reuse of properties into affordable housing, plus other topics, including:

• The benefits of adaptive reuse projects, including their community and environmental impacts
• How structural engineers can help developers address construction challenges
• Recent adaptive reuse projects, including developments in Chicago, Illinois and Grand Rapids, Michigan