By Jake Blumgart and Ryan Briggs, The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)

If you’re in the market for an office building in Philadelphia, now’s the time to buy.

Several Center City office buildings have sold in recent months for well under half their previous prices and assessed values, attracting residential developers and out-of-market investors.

The 29-story, 665,000-square-foot tower at 2000 Market St. last sold in 2018 for $107.7 million. In August, it went for $45.5 million to Maryland-based Tide Realty Capital and New York’s CSB Holdings, which plan to retain it as an office building.

“We are considered to be somewhat contrarian investors,” said Aaron Loeb, president of Tide Realty Capital. “Office certainly has significant challenges, but we believe very strongly in the asset class, es

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