Developers are increasingly replacing the skin on

Developers are increasingly replacing the skin on dull postwar office buildings and converting the interiors to condominium apartments to meet downtown housing demands, The New York Times reported July 6. Since many 1950s and 1960s office buildings have uninteresting exteriors, developers strip them off and sometimes replace them with limestone facades, balconies, and contemporary ornament. One city where this trend is strong is Dallas, which The Times said “could use 10,000 residential units downtown.”