A building on Financial Street in downtown Boston is unrecognizable on the inside after the former office space was transformed into 15 residential apartments.

The address represents a small piece of Mayor Michelle Wu's residential conversion program .

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"Not only is it helping us with our housing goals, not only is it helping us reduce the commercial vacancy rate," said Wu. "It's also just bringing activity and energy to downtown as a residential community and a neighborhood." In a post-COVID world, remote or hybrid work has become the norm, leaving many downtown office buildings empty and causing financial problems for the city. Follow NBC10 Boston on... Instagram: instagram.com/nbc10boston TikTok: tiktok.com/@n

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