Late-in-the-Game LEED is No Issue in Rehab

1900 Pacific Residences has ground-floor retail space and a rooftop pool (credit: Apartment Finder).

DALLAS—The former downtown office building, Corrigan Tower, was originally built in 1952 by Dallas real estate mogul, Leo Corrigan, and was vacant for more than a decade before being redeveloped. And now, it has been transformed from a midcentury-modern tower to a 150-unit class-A apartment building with ground-floor retail space and a rooftop pool in a development called 1900 Pacific Residences.

The renovation had several headwinds that were ultimately overcome in the process. Of course, the historic nature of the building was one factor. Another obstacle was deferred maintenance due to the decades-long building vacancy.