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Real Estate
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Charted: Public Cost per Converted Apartment — NYC ~$386k, Calgary ~$63k, DC’s $5k Framing
Cities buying office-to-residential conversions with tax abatements or cash grants face very different public price tags per delivered unit. Present-value abatements in New York dwarf Calgary’s square-footage grants — and both sit beside ground-up LIHTC and city-capital benchmarks.
Aug 24, 2026

Charted: New York Clears 212 Converted Units per Million Vacant Office SF — Houston Only 9
Take the walking tour: national office-to-apartment pipelines hit 90,300 units at the start of 2026 (+28% YoY), but intensity — units per million vacant square feet — splits metros into converters and vacancy-stranded markets. New York clears 212; Houston manages 9.
Aug 23, 2026

Charted: Atlanta Holds 27.9% of Single-Family Rentals Under Institutional Owners
John Burns puts Atlanta at 27.9% of SFR stock for operators with 100+ homes — about 4× the national average under that cut. GAO’s stricter ≥5,000-home panel still shows Jacksonville at 22% of SFR in 2024, while tip ZIPs in Henry County clear an estimated 40%+ local share.
Aug 23, 2026