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Work starts on apartment tower near Temple U. and historic North Broad Street venues

The 1324 N. Broad St. building, scheduled for completion in August 2019, replaces a storage structure on an empty lot just south of the brownstone Freedom Theatre building.

Artist's rendering of the Nest apartment building under construction at 1324 N. Broad St.
Artist's rendering of the Nest apartment building under construction at 1324 N. Broad St.Read moreCecil Baker & Partners

Crews have begun work on an 18-story metal-and-glass-clad apartment building near Temple University that will share a North Broad Street block with the historic Blue Horizon boxing venue and New Freedom Theatre.

The 192-unit tower near the southwest corner of Broad and Master Streets, which is being called the Nest, will also include ground-floor commercial space, developer Bock Development Group said in a release Monday.

The 1324 N. Broad St. building, scheduled for completion in August 2019, replaces a storage structure on an empty lot just south of the brownstone Freedom Theatre building.

The developer, led by Ernest Bock & Sons Inc. construction company president Tom Bock, acquired the project site in 2015 for $2.2 million from the theater's nonprofit operator, New Freedom Theatre Inc.