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The conversion of half the office buildings in downtown DC could produce over 50,000 units alone. It has already begun.
Office to home conversion will happen but there are a lot of threshold issues that will prevent anywhere close to half of the office buildings in downtown DC to be converted. I do support making it easier to make these conversions as well as converted office parks in the suburbs to housing and retail, where possible. What DC really needs to do is find a way to increase supply in Ward 2 and 3. Every part of the city should be looking to building new housing.
The point I was making is that DC has more untapped density in the CBD because of the amount of office buildings that are starting to be converted to residential. DC has reached its current density with very few residents living in the CBD. All of the high density neighborhoods surround the CBD like downtown neighborhoods such as Logan Circle, Dupont Circle, Mt. Vernon Triangle, NOMA, Northwest One, Union Market, Navy Yard, and The Wharf.
There is tremendous potential for population growth in the CBD through office conversions. DC is so overbuilt with office buildings close to 100,000 new residents could probably live between Union Station to the east, Foggy Bottom to the west, Midtown/Golden Triangle to the north, and Federal Triangle to the south.
There have been 6 office to residential conversions announced in the last 2-months alone. The city is even changing zoning to make them all by right for an incentive.
Exactly. Manila has slums and even regular neighborhoods at ridiculous densities that aren't even more than 2-3 story buildings. Many Indian cities do too, and these areas are more dense than areas in the same cities that are just skyscrapers.
Obviously density like that would never be allowed under those same conditions in the U.S. But where their is a will, their is a way, and damn near every U.S city if they really wanted to, could build to about 20,000-30,000 ppsm at minimum, and still retain their overall character.
The Charleston area is an anomaly from 2010 to 2020 with the white population increasing significantly and the Black population decreasing significantly.
When do the latest population estimates come out? Just go by them, rather than the 2020 official census figures. Due to the 2020 pandemic challenges, if, for example, a college town from the 2021 estimate has 51,000 after the official 2020 census of having, say, 49,000, then officially declare it a new metro.
When do the latest population estimates come out? Just go by them, rather than the 2020 official census figures.
I don't know where to find them in one place, but the 2021 estimates are out and they've been revised taking the 2020 census results into account.
In my neck of the woods: Seattle grew by 0.7% --- not terrible but way below what we were pulling during most of the 2010s. Tacoma actually lost population for the first time ever (-0.3%). The outer-ring suburbs like Arlington and Black Diamond are where all the growth is happening.
When do the latest population estimates come out? Just go by them, rather than the 2020 official census figures. Due to the 2020 pandemic challenges, if, for example, a college town from the 2021 estimate has 51,000 after the official 2020 census of having, say, 49,000, then officially declare it a new metro.
The Census Bureau will release 2021 estimates at the county level in March and at the city level in May. Some states may be releasing their own estimates earlier, but there is nothing below the state level yet from the Census Bureau.
The outer-ring suburbs are where all the growth is happening.
Gross.
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