Eventually, the apartment was converted into a school and more students began to attend.

The apartments are converted into long-term affordable housing at the end of five years.

In 1920, the top-floor apartment was converted to commercial occupancy.

Inspectors found in September 2005 that five apartments had been illegally converted to 18 bedrooms.

How many rental apartments have been converted into cooperatives and condominiums?

In 1993, apartments adjacent to the museum were converted to a garden annex, a shop and more galleries.

From 1980 to 1987, 21,500 apartments were converted into condominiums while 16,250 new housing units were created, according to city officials.

Some landlords, though, break the law so overtly that illegally converted apartments have become their trademark.

During 85 years of Soviet rule, imperial apartments were converted into poorly maintained warrens.

One reason for the shortage, many state officials say, is that over the last decade some 70,000 apartments were converted into condominiums or co-ops.