EB Realty Management
Project: Divine Lorraine, Philadelphia PA
Designed by architect Willis G. Hale and built between 1892 and 1894, the building originally functioned as apartments for some of Philadelphia's wealthy residents. Lorraine Apartments was one of the most luxurious and best preserved late 19th-century apartment houses in Philadelphia. In 1900 the building became the Lorraine Hotel when the Metropolitan Hotel Company purchased the apartments. Later it would become the first hotel in Philadelphia to be racially integrated under Father Divine. The hotel was abandoned and left to deteriorate, with graffiti all over the walls, broken windows, and crumbling stone. On September 16, 2015, a massive renovation project was begun by Eric Blumenfeld. EMS continues it long partnership with EB Realty Management by providing The Divine Lorraine with submeters and billing services for the domestic water and electricity.