Syracuse’s former Hotel Hilton to be turned into apartments

250 Harrison

High Tide Capital has asked the city of Syracuse for permission to turn this mostly vacant office building at 250 Harrison St. into 35 apartments. The building opened in July 1929 as the Hotel Hilton. (Rick Moriarty | rmoriarty@syracuse.com)Rick Moriarty | rmoriarty@syracuse.com

Syracuse, N.Y. -- A new owner is planning to turn an historic downtown Syracuse office building, built in 1929 as a hotel, into apartments.

High Tide Capital, of Bangor, Maine, a real estate company focused on historic building redevelopments, acquired the office building at 250 Harrison St. from Werock Properties LLC for $1.9 million on Jan. 11. Werock bought the building from HRR Properties LLC two years earlier for $1.15 million.

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