Barto Building and William Seel building (both downtown) are getting converted to Residential by Dan Deitchman. (The guy doing the Kunkel building and converted the Riverview manor)
the seel building is to be 25 unit multifamily, and the Barto building is 45k sq. ft. so I would assume it could house at least 45 units of decent size.
read more in the
May issue of The Burg Magazine page 15.
I believe this is exciting stuff. The development of the CBD of Harrisburg continues to build steam.
Other news in the May issue of the burg is HACC is building housing for 400 students near its midtown campus replacing several razed blocks on 4th street
400 people is about the number that Harrisburg gained between the 2000 and the 2010 census.