Apartment department: After more than a year of construction, tenants soon will begin moving into long-awaited luxury apartments at the iconic 12-story United States National Bank Building, 2201 Market St. in the island’s downtown.
After at least $15 million in renovations that began in the spring of 2019, the city has granted a certificate of occupancy for the building, which will feature 63 apartments, said Tom Schwenk, owner and broker of Tom’s Galveston Real Estate, the sole leasing agent for the building.
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