---
id: "action-incorporate-office-suites"
type: "action-item"
source_timestamps: ["00:09:00", "00:11:20"]
tags: ["design", "revenue-generation"]
related: ["concept-office-suite-condos"]
speakers: ["Jay Roberts"]
action: "Convert lower-level residential space into private office suites to sell to condo owners."
outcome: "Generates high-margin commercial revenue within a residential project."
sources: ["jayroberts"]
sourceVaultSlug: "jay-roberts-florida-condo-development-2026Jun25"
originDay: 4
---
# Incorporate Office Suites in Residential Towers

## Action: Incorporate Office Suites in Residential

**Source:** [[entity-jay-roberts]]

### The Action

In urban residential developments, consider converting **lower-level or less-desirable residential space** into **private commercial office suites** to be sold exclusively to building residents.

### Why

This capitalizes on **work-from-home trends** and the elevated Brickell-area office rents (post-Citadel migration — see [[entity-citadel]] and [[entity-ken-griffin]]). It can yield significantly higher price-per-square-foot valuations than standard residential units. The underlying concept is [[concept-office-suite-condos]].

### Expected Outcome

Generates **high-margin commercial revenue** within a residential project — Prosper Group's example added ~$250M in revenue at a ~40% margin from 100,000 sq ft of office suites.

### Caveats

- Demand is exposed to **remote-work reversal risk** — see [[question-office-rent-sustainability]]
- Mixing commercial and residential creates **HOA / governance complexity**
- Requires specific zoning and entitlements