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the remodeling required to do plumbing alone can be less efficient than a new build. If it's a 40+ year old structure you'll make up a lot of energy efficiency gains over time. Some office park not near any schools, grocery stores, social services, or real jobs will incur a bunch of travel costs since there definitely isn't already transit. Maybe it's not better day one but like an electric car replacing a gas one you'll catch up on total emissions well within the service life.
i don't know enough to be in charge of such a project but
and if you don't want to throw out what little occupancy code we have it's apparently non-trivial to convert a cubical farm into living space