Innovative Solutions to Building Conversions

BKV Group works with developers, building owners, and preservation specialists to successfully convert prior use and historic properties into dynamic mixed-use communities buzzing with life — and stories.

Across 40+ Properties

80+ Successful Conversions


We are a national leader in taking something old and making it bold:

 

 

BKV’s Building Evaluation Criteria

BKV’s Conversion Design Process

Jack Boarman

Senior Design Leader, Managing Partner
Washington, DC

Mike Krych

Senior Design Leader, Managing Partner
Minneapolis, MN

Joe Brown

Senior Project Architect, Associate Partner
Minneapolis, MN

Kelly Naylor

Vice President of Interior Design, Partner
Minneapolis, MN

Jack Boarman and Mike Krych Speak with BuildingGreen on Office-to-Housing Conversions

Across the country, BKV has designed many office-to-housing conversations, with repurposing historic buildings being a key part of our portfolio. Senior Partners Jack Boarman and Michael Krych weighed in on this emerging project type with BuildingGreen® using conversions like Octave 1320 and Cotton Annex to detail how you can create an end product that can become “a catalyst to anchor and spur continued development” – in addition to being “especially attractive to prospective tenants because of the unique character of each project.”

Kelly Naylor Explains the Adaptive Reuse Process, and Pitfalls, with Office-to-Apartment Conversions

In the Multi-Housing News, Vice President of Interior Design and Senior Partner, Kelly Naylor, outlines the things you should know before embarking on a project of this kind, and how the forensic phase of adaptive reuse is so important to the success of a project and avoiding the ‘gotchas’ that might otherwise might derail a project.

Mike Krych Interview with NAA on Office-to-Housing Conversions

BKV’s Senior Design Leader and Managing Partner, Michael Krych, shared his insights with the National Apartment Association (NAA), about specific conversion projects that “offer huge rewards” and “deliver one-of-a-kind buildings rather than cookie-cutter residences and amenity spaces.”