Adaptive re-use. It’s a hot topic right now as developers and investors assess how to best repurpose office buildings that are no longer fit for use.

Given Australia’s housing crisis, it seems a given that some of these empty office towers could be converted to apartments.

But is this a magic bullet and what are some of the hurdles we need to overcome? And if not for apartments, what other uses could be considered for our ageing office stock.

In this latest Talking Property episode, we speak to the Principal and Commercial & Workplace Sector Lead at Hassell Ingrid Bakker, the Executive Director of Business NSW David Harding and the head of CBRE's UK Development Advisory Business Zoe Bignell to assess the options available to reenergise our CBDs and create true 24/7 cities.

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at: talkingproperty@cbre.com.

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at talkingproperty@cbre.com.