31.  The ease of conversion from office to residential use has surprised Robert Black, an architect who is supervising overall renovations and is designing the apartments.

32.  The future of the property, which is zoned for high-density residential use, will be decided by the property owners, city officials said.

33.  The difficulties in converting factory space to residential use are hardly insubstantial.

34.  The electronic circuit breakers are just now entering residential use in limited applications.

35.  The heightened interest by development companies in converting old downtown buildings to residential use is having the effect of raising the prices of these buildings, brokers report.

36.  The industry and the Environmental Protection Agency have announced that sales of CCA-treated wood for residential uses will be phased out by the end of next year.

37.  The impact is particularly noticeable in lower Manhattan, where real estate experts have for decades suggested that obsolete office buildings be converted to residential use.

38.  The remainder of the former base is devoted to industrial, business and residential use.

39.  The project is one of the largest buildings on the National Register of Historic Places to be adapted for residential use.

40.  The two buildings that will be renovated for residential use occupy a square of ground bounded by Fannin, San Jacinto, Capitol and Rusk Streets.