1.   Although technology companies may have popularized the open office environment, now almost all office tenants are adopting some aspects of it.

2.   At the same time and to some extent by coincidence, major office tenants fled from downtown.

3.   A few shopping center developers and office tenants also are considering the center.

4.   Companies operating in the zone are mostly warehouse and light manufacturing operations, while the rest of the center is occupied by office tenants.

5.   Construction is progressing on tens of thousands of square feet of former shops and restaurants already bequeathed to office tenants.

6.   Combining them with the ground-floor space may provide an opportunity to rent to a retailer, who usually pays more for space than an office tenant.

7.   Falk said the new owners planned to renovate the building and solicit fashion showroom tenants for the upper floors and office tenants for the lower floors.

8.   For them the buildings, too old or remote for office tenants, are a cost- and time-saving alternative to new construction.

9.   He added that the plan was to find a restaurant for the first floor and lease the rest to general office tenants.

10.   He has turned an old office tower into his flagship Philadelphia Building, on Walnut Street, and filled it with office tenants.