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WPI students present preliminary adaptive‑reuse study of upper‑story downtown spaces
Summary
A Worcester Polytechnic Institute student team presented preliminary findings on converting underused second‑ and third‑story downtown spaces to year‑round housing, finding high second‑story utilization, limited unfinished third‑story stock and cost, code and historic‑preservation constraints as major barriers.
Students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute presented preliminary research on Dec. 2 assessing the feasibility of converting upper‑story commercial spaces in a defined downtown area into year‑round housing.
The team said they evaluated about 160 parcels in a restricted downtown study area and found second‑story space was largely occupied (about 78% commercial use overall at…
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