Downtown DC Expects More Office-to-Residential Conversions, Changing the Landscape

For decades, the definition of a successful downtown in Washington, D.C., was a jobs hub filled with offices drawing residents from the city’s outskirts daily. Now, as a result of COVID-19’s effect on in-person work, some developers and city planners are following a national trend by adopting a more residential focus in their ideas about how an urban landscape should look.