Vacant Offices, Strip Malls May Get New Life as Housing in Texas’ Largest Cities

Vacant offices, strip malls may get new life as housing in Texas’ largest cities

The bill is part of a suite of GOP proposals aimed at curbing the state’s high housing costs — chiefly by allowing more homes to be built.

Texas lawmakers tackle housing crisis by loosening zoning rules in big cities

The bill allows for residential development in areas previously zoned for offices, retail and warehouses and allows for the conversion of some offices and warehouses to multifamily and mixed-use housing.

Fresno council to consider fast-tracking housing approvals

Fresno’s quest to make it easier to build homes in more established neighborhoods and in office parks could get a boost in the coming weeks.The Fresno City Council will hear a proposal Thursday that would allow for land currently zoned for offices to be more easily converted into housing through ministerial approval, or by-right. The council’s first hearing on the set of streamlining reforms, which has been delayed for months, is currently sched…

Stamford Offices to Become Townhomes

A cluster of nearly 50-year-old office buildings near Long Island Sound in Stamford is slated to lose one of its number to a housing redevelopment.