Coverage dated July 10, 2026

New York construction scare highlights the challenges of converting offices into housing

Headline from ABC 7 New York

Experts believe the failure in New York was likely tied to this specific project rather than a broader engineering problem.

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  1. ABC 7 New York

    New York construction scare highlights the challenges of converting offices into housing (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    Experts believe the failure in New York was likely tied to this specific project rather than a broader engineering problem.

  2. Fast Company

    New York City construction scare highlights the challenges of converting offices into housing (opens Fast Company)

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    When two steel columns buckled this week inside the former Pfizer headquarters in midtown Manhattan, the scare prompted evacuations and halted work on one of the nation’s largest office-to-apartment conversions .

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