The role of government in adaptive reuse may include:
1. Providing incentives: Governments can offer tax breaks, grants, loans and other incentives to property owners and developers to encourage them to convert old buildings into new uses.
2. Granting approvals: Government departments responsible for land use, planning and building approvals play an important role in adaptive reuse projects. They can approve or deny permits, zoning requests, variances, and other regulations that enable the reuse of old buildings.
3. Preservation regulations: Governments can create historic preservation regulations to protect important buildings and encourage their reuse. These regulations may require specific design features or materials to respect the building's historic character, and/or limit the demolition of heritage structures.
4. Funding: Governments may fund the restoration of important historic buildings to help incentivize private developers to reuse them for commercial or residential purposes.
5. Promotion: Governments can actively promote adaptive reuse projects to potential investors or occupiers to drive local economic growth and the preservation of historic buildings.
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