a venture of two new york developers has purchased a onethird empty office building in the city’s financial district with plans to convert it into apartments one of the largest such conversion schemes to be launched during the pandemic the venture which includes silverstein properties and metro loft has agreed to pay 180 million for the 30story building that opened in 1967 and has housed numerous technology and financialservices tenants over the decades the new owners plan to convert it into 571 marketrate apartments ranging from studios to three bedrooms during the next three to four years