October 28 – 30, 2024
Resorts World Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES
October 28 – 30, 2024
Resorts World Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES
Karin Liljegren, FAIA, has dedicated her career to community building, sustainability, and advocacy by embracing adaptive reuse as a powerful means to revitalize our cities. For over 24 years, Karin has focused on adaptive reuse projects and advocates for policy reform to make the repurposing of older buildings more financially viable and cornerstones of their communities. For Karin, adaptive reuse represents the potential to solve four challenges: address the housing shortage, combat climate change, preserve cultural heritage, and tackle the oversupply of vacant office buildings. She is engaged at a local and national level in leading real estate organizations and has led City of Los Angeles task forces on topics such as ordinance reform and adaptive reuse policy. Karin founded Omgivning Architecture + Interiors in 2009 and the firm has built a reputation for uncovering potential in underutilized buildings by transforming them into multifamily housing, hotels, restaurants, and workspace. Omgivning has grown and expanded its reach, having worked on two-million square foot historic landmarks to small, local cafes for clients and communities across the country.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Los Angeles Convention Center - West Hall, Concourse: 151
How do project teams approach an adaptive reuse project? What are the right questions to ask and how does one evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of making an adaptive reuse project not just feasible but truly viable? This panel will give you an insider’s perspective on understanding how to spot and harness potential at the project’s outset, while also mitigating risks throughout the process. Comprising experts from policy, development, design, and construction fields, the panel will conduct a real-time assessment of a building’s transformation from office to residential use. Working collaboratively, they will critically evaluate the project’s viability. Each panelist […]
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
11:40 AM – 12:10 PM
Los Angeles Convention Center - West Hall, Exhibit Hall A - Area A
With the commercial real estate market shifting, outdated or vacant office and retail properties present an obvious opportunity for housing adaptive reuse. This creative idea seems straightforward, but it is not as easy when it comes to real life. It becomes extremely challenging under the complicated California land use and building policies. See how the City policy makers, the developers, and the designers come together to work out a feasible plan. Hear the lessons learned, and the plans for Los Angeles moving forward.