Council advances 333 Market Street office‑to‑residential conversion to legislative session

Planning staff summarized Resolution 74, a preliminary/final plan to convert roughly half of 333 Market Street (Floors 11–19) from office to residential use, producing about 81 one‑ and two‑bedroom units with sizes from roughly 828 to 1,225 square feet. The planning commission recommended approval with conditions requiring a secured bike corral or storage in the sheltered entryway and additional landscaping to soften the building exterior.

Developer Brad Jones (Harris Town Development Corporation) said the state office leases in the building are expiring, creating an opportunity to repurpose the upper floors. Jones said the team is exploring a master‑lease arrangement with senior‑living operators for the top floors and noted that the building has an attached garage with about 75 spaces and a larger coordinated parking system nearby; council members asked about affordability, MBE/WBE participation in construction, and retail tenancy at street level. The developer said he cannot yet set rents or the master‑lease terms, which would be determined by the operator, but pointed to other portfolio properties with rents starting around $700 (utilities included) and up to about $1,000.

Council members raised concerns about whether senior residents would be comfortable on high floors and asked the developer to provide more detail on the master‑lease partner, rents, and amenity programming; the committee recommended adding Resolution 74 to the next legislative session for a formal vote.