Office-to-Residential Tower Conversion
A 34-story office tower converted into 420 apartments, with first residents in on the date the lender had modeled.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Region
- U.S. Mid-Atlantic & Northeast
- Market
- Commercial & Mixed-Use
- Capital value
- $280M
- Size
- 34 stories · 420 units
- Delivery
- CM at-risk
- Duration
- 28 months
- Completed
- 2025
What was at stake.
Conversion work hides surprises in every floor: old slabs, new plumbing risers, new windows and a façade that has to stay safe throughout. The construction loan carried interest every month, and the lender's model depended on a lease-up date. The developer needed a schedule that held up under that pressure.
How we controlled it.
What our schedulers and cost engineers did on this project.
Floor rhythm
We built a repeating floor cycle in P6, with demolition, risers, framing and finishes moving up the tower in sequence.
Surprises priced
Each concealed condition was logged, priced and its schedule effect shown within days, not at month end.
Lender reporting
Monthly reports gave the lender earned value, forecast completion and contingency in a format it could audit.
Phased occupancy
Lower floors were scheduled for temporary occupancy while upper floors were still in work.
The result.
In a conversion, every floor has a secret. The schedule has to be fast enough to absorb them.
Senior scheduler, AdenTurton
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