It doesn't seem to be all that difficult, at least with older (pre-1960s) office buildings...
Australia is littered with buildings like that which have been converted, and, off the top of my head, I can think of a number of former medical office -> apartment conversions I have seen...
Sure, the scale is larger, but it's clearly not all that difficult...
Or, as others point out, "hostel" style conversions with shared facilities... There's a heap of those around, too.
Note the example they use is reality TV show. And most converted commercial spaces are ugly as fuck as they have to use what they have and call it "urban" or "avant garde" which is just code for shit.
It doesn't seem to be all that difficult, at least with older (pre-1960s) office buildings...
Australia is littered with buildings like that which have been converted, and, off the top of my head, I can think of a number of former medical office -> apartment conversions I have seen...
Sure, the scale is larger, but it's clearly not all that difficult...
Or, as others point out, "hostel" style conversions with shared facilities... There's a heap of those around, too.
How many older, pre 1960 office buildings are there in the middle of cities though?
https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/advice/converting-commercial-buildings-into-residential-819336/
Note the example they use is reality TV show. And most converted commercial spaces are ugly as fuck as they have to use what they have and call it "urban" or "avant garde" which is just code for shit.