Data: RentCafe; Note: Includes buildings with at least 50 units; Chart: Simran Parwani/Axios
U.S. apartment conversion projects were up 17.6% in 2023 from the year before, per the RentCafe analysis.
Flashback: After stalling amid the 2008 recession, conversions picked up in the 2010s, partly because of new financing incentives and the increasing need for affordable housing options, researchers say.