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6 Center City office buildings that are converting to apartments

by Jake Blumgart
Jose F. Moreno / Staff Photographer

17 Market West

Tom Gralish / Staff Photographer

1701 Market St. | Alterra Property Group | 299 units

The former Morgan Lewis headquarters was a smooth transition because the building was in good shape, it has a small floorplate, and was previously occupied by one tenant.

Three Parkway

Jake Blumgart

1601 Cherry St. | PMC Property Group | 143 units

This 20-story office building changed hands last year, and most of the apartments are already finished. Some residents have moved in, and all units are expected to be ready this summer.

Public Ledger building

Molly Eichel

101 S. Sixth St. | Baycrest Properties | 277 units

Half of the building has already been turned into apartments, but the declining office market drove the owner of the other half to consider a similar move. Construction is underway. 

The Bellevue

Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer

200 S. Broad St. | Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds | 155 units

This historic building has had many lives, but in its most recent iteration, Lubert-Adler deemphasized hotel and office space in favor of apartments. 

2100 Arch

Elizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer

2100 Arch St. | MM Partners | 116 units

Construction has not yet started to put apartments in the former Jewish Federation office, but since it's a small building, it shouldn't require a lot of structural redevelopment work.

400 Market

Inga Saffron

400 Market St. | Keystone and Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds | 176 units

This small, boxy building should be a relative easy conversion because it doesn't have a lot of dark, interior space, like the historic Wanamaker building.

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