Harristown plans to renovate this row of buildings (except Walker’s) into high-end apartments and retail.
New apartments continue to spring up in downtown Harrisburg, as Harristown Enterprises plans to add 23 more units near Strawberry Square.
Harristown expects to start this fall on the renovation of a six-story office building at 18-22 S. 3rd St., which also houses El Sol Mexican restaurant, which will continue to operate. The building will feature 15 high-end, one-bedroom apartments, each measuring about 800 square feet.
Directly across the street, Harristown will renovate historic townhouses at 19, 21, 23 and 27 S. 3rd St. Those three-story townhouses will contain eight, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, as well as commercial space on the ground floors.
The building at 21 S. 3rd “may be dedicated” to a new downtown co-working space of about 5,700 square feet, according to Brad Jones, president and CEO of Harristown.
This is the second time recently that Harristown announced it would convert downtown commercial space to apartments. Last month, it received City Council approval to renovate 21,000 square feet of office space and another 6,000 square feet of loft space to 22 apartments above a stretch of shops along N. 3rd and Market streets in Strawberry Square.
“We believe the market for high-end and unique apartments in the downtown is very strong, and we look forward to continuing to grow the downtown residential population,” said Jones.
All of these projects are slated for completion in spring 2016.
Over the past two years, downtown housing has experienced a rapid revival, with numerous office-to-residential conversions. Most recently, WCI Partners completed its Walnut Court Apartments, a 21-unit project at Walnut and Court streets that opened in July and is already mostly leased, according to WCI President David Butcher.
Harristown will partner with Select Capital Commercial Properties for a portion of its most recent project.
This historic office building is slated to be renovated as an apartment building.
