Offices turned into homes

What if empty office spaces became housing? An innovative answer to the housing crisis. In a context where housing pressure continues to grow—especially in dense urban areas—the issue of access to housing has become a major challenge for both local authorities and real estate professionals. At the same time, many office buildings remain vacant, a consequence of changing work habits (remote work, flexible office use) and an overproduction of tertiary spaces over the years.

What if these unused spaces became part of the solution?

At Somers Investments Company, we firmly believe that converting vacant office spaces into housing offers a unique opportunity to address a dual emergency:

✅ Tackling the housing shortage, especially for middle-class families and young professionals

✅ Revitalizing underused buildings, with a focus on sustainability and urban asset optimization This vision is part of what we call intelligent real estate recycling: transforming an obsolete use into a sustainable living project is about combining innovation, responsibility, and social impact.

Rethinking existing buildings instead of always building new ones also means reducing the carbon footprint of our cities, encouraging functional diversity, and breathing new life into entire neighborhoods.

At Somers Investments Company, this approach is at the heart of our mission. Because the real estate of tomorrow is also built from what already exists.

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