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A former downtown Erie hotel is being converted into a 197-unit apartment building called Bowie Apartments.

Most units are studio apartments starting at $800 a month, with some one-bedroom units also available.

The building has been renovated down to the studs and includes new amenities like a gym and co-working space.

Aside from a few intermittent gaps, a hotel has operated at the corner of West 10th and Peach streets for more than 110 years.

The Lawrence Hotel, built in 1911, was replaced by the Hilton, which welcomed its first guests in 1976.

That eight-story building, which operated most recently as the Avalon Hotel & Conference Center, is still there. But its days as a hotel appear to be over.

New York City-based GoodHomes Communities LLC is in the final pha

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